China and Vietnam currently face excessively high population growth rates. Both countries have recently introduced population education programs, but, for a variety of internal reasons, they are at different stages of development. Since 1980, the Chinese have made progress in experimenting with and implementing new programs, but the Vietnamese are…

Examines and compares the demographic realities in China and Vietnam and the population education strategies used in curriculum materials for population education programs in both countries. (SB)