TEXT 3 THE BURGEONING POPULATION GROWTH IS POSING NUMEROUS ACHING MATTERS The rapid population growth is exacerbating the hardsolving problems for human beings, including ecological and environmental destruction, natural resources exhaustion, food scarcity, poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, and spreading dangerous infectious diseases. Population now is the matter of great concern in many countries as it directly affects their socioeconomic development. In the current context, with the aim of sustainable economic development, countries should attach special importance to the population issues, especially human resource training and development. According to the World Bank (WB), Asia Pacific currently accounts for more than half of the population, but only occupies a quarter of the Gross National Product (GDP) of the whole world. In addition, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has shown that the number of people living below the poverty line now is 49% of South Asia’s population and 30% of the world population.
TEXT THE BURGEONING POPULATION GROWTH IS POSING NUMEROUS ACHING MATTERS The rapid population growth is exacerbating the hard-solving problems for human beings, including ecological and environmental destruction, natural resources exhaustion, food scarcity, poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, and spreading dangerous infectious diseases Population now is the matter of great concern in many countries as it directly affects their socio-economic development In the current context, with the aim of sustainable economic development, countries should attach special importance to the population issues, especially human resource training and development According to the World Bank (WB), Asia Pacific currently accounts for more than half of the population, but only occupies a quarter of the Gross National Product (GDP) of the whole world In addition, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has shown that the number of people living below the poverty line now is 49% of South Asia’s population and 30% of the world population In recent years, the urbanization process in Asia has been proceeding to times as fast as that in Europe, causing the rural-to-urban migration stream, which leads to the dramatic increase in the population in many big Asian cities Recently, the population has reached 13 million in Calcutta (India), 12 million in Seoul (Korea) and Jakata (Indonesia),… Overpopulation in many Asian cities causes environmental issues to become pressing and thrilling as ever In Bangkok (Thailand), the air pollution has increased the number of victims contracting respiratory diseases The exploding population also leads to the remarkable decrease in natural resources, especially forest areas Recently, the destroyed and burnt forest areas in Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, and Myanmar, exceeding 3000 square kilometers, have directly affected their inhabitants’ health, depleting the ozone layer, causing many spells of droughts, floods, hailstorms, and storms, along with threatening the existence of many animal species Booming population is also responsible for the increasing illiteracy rate and the unguaranteed healthcare services Today, there are still up to 600 million illiterate women in the world, of which the female illiteracy rate in Asia is quite high (50-75%) The most important way for women to escape from the vicious circle of an inferior social status, poverty, and large family is education, which the United Nations has prioritized in Family Planning After the Program of Action of International Conference on Population and Development was passed, people really paid attention to the population advocacy These activities, through a wide range of population and development initiatives, aimed at mobilizing necessary assistance and resources to stabilize population growth rate Hence, the government of Vietnam is striving to integrate population problems, sustainable development and reproductive health into the activities of many agencies such as Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, the National Assembly’ s Committee for Social Affairs, the National Committee for Population and Family Planning, mass organizations, and mass media agencies The population advocacy will raise further awareness and understanding of the interrelation between population and development It will also bring about the leaders' support and commitments on the necessary initiatives to grant everyone a stable life The planet's fortune requires each nation and the global community to make a stark choice ... the destroyed and burnt forest areas in Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, and Myanmar, exceeding 30 00 square kilometers, have directly affected their inhabitants’ health, depleting the ozone layer,... vicious circle of an inferior social status, poverty, and large family is education, which the United Nations has prioritized in Family Planning After the Program of Action of International Conference... initiatives to grant everyone a stable life The planet's fortune requires each nation and the global community to make a stark choice