| THE GOVERNMENT | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence – Freedom - Happiness |
| No.: 20/2010/ND-CP | Hanoi, March 08, 2010 |
DECREE
DETAILING THE ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 10 OF THE POPULATION ORDINANCE
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the December 27, 2008 Ordinance Amending Article 10 of the Population Ordinance;
At the proposal of the Minister of Health,
DECREES:
Article 1. Scope of regulation
This Decree details the Ordinance Amending Article 10 of the Population Ordinance.
Article 2. Cases in which the limit of having one child or two children is not violated
1. A couple, one or both of whom belongs/ belong to an ethnic minority group with a population of under 10,000 or in danger of population decline (the birthrate is lower than or equal to the mortality rate) as officially announced by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, give birth to their third child.
2. A couple who have three or more children at their first birth.
3. A couple who already have one natural child and then have two or more children at their second birth.
4. A couple who have only one alive natural child, including a child already adopted by others, at the time of giving birth to their third or subsequent child.
