The move responded to a record-low birth rate that has persisted below population replacement levels for three years,

The country was one of the last holdouts among countries with population control policies aimed at reducing births.

HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam has abolished its long-standing two-child limit on Tuesday to try and reverse declining birth rates and ease the pressures of an aging population. The National Assembly passed amendments scrapping rules that limit families to having one or two children, state media Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday.