Viet Nam has made significant progress in reducing
infant (under 1 year), child (under 5 years), and
maternal mortality and is on track to achieve
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 to reduce
child mortality and MDG 5a to reduce maternal
mortality. Viet Nam has reduced under 5 mortality
by 60%, from 58/1000 to 23.2/1000 live births
between 1990 and 2012. Viet Nam has reduced
maternal mortality by 70%, from 233/100 000 to
69/100 000 live births from 1990 to 2009 and
has made good progress towards achieving 5b
(universal access to reproductive health) although
meeting unmet need for family planning especially
among unmarried young people remains a
challenge. Several health sector, multisector and
cross-cutting strategies have played a key role in
driving this progress.