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Peace Without Poison

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The man responsible for introducing population control measures to Vietnam is Lê Duẩn,General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1960 to1986. By the time he died in 1986, Vietnam’s total fertility rate had decreased from 6.5 to 4children per woman; a decrease accomplished fully through legitimate and open means, namelyfamily planning services, contraceptives and abortions. Abortions especially rose rapidly duringthe 1980s from 10% at the beginning to 30% at the end of the decade.His successor, Nguyễn Văn Linh (1986-1991), increased the availability of contraceptive toabout 50%, continued with abortions and began fluoridating the water of Hanoi. During his timein office fertility declined from 4 to 3.5 children per woman.951 | P a g e

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