At the national level, the TFR has decreased from 2.7 to 1.9 children per woman, indicating on average, a Vietnamese woman now gives birth to fewer than two children during her lifetime. In rural areas also the TFR declined around by one child per woman between the two surveys. In this period, a slight decline (0.4) was observed even for urban areas where the fertility level was already low (1.84 children per woman). The highest fertility was observed in the Central Highlands at both the time points.