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Our mothers would be overjoyed to hear this.
On December 30, the Ministry of Health released the results of a country-wide study conducted by the General Statistics Office and National Institute of Nutrition on the height of Vietnamese citizens in 2019–2020, reports
According to new statistics, the average height of a young Vietnamese male is 168.1 cm. The figure is 156.2 cm for the average Vietnamese female. Compared to a similar study in 2010, the average male height has increased by 3.7 cm from 164.4 cm, and the female height has grown by 2.6 cm from 153.6 cm.
The new heights have excited experts, who view the improvements as proof that government efforts to boost the stature of Vietnamese have been successful. Trương Hồng Sơn, a nutrition expert, told the news source that with the new height figures, Vietnam is now above average in the region, just behind Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand in average height.