Vietnam ranks fourth in Southeast Asia in average height

Thanks to improvements in

, Vietnamese are the fourth tallest population in Southeast Asia, trailing only Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia, according to a workshop given by the Ministry of Health in Hanoi on July 28.

According to Dr. Tran Dang Khoa,

, the average height for men and women increased by 3.3 and 5.8 centimeters, respectively, between 2000 and 2020, reaching 155.6 and 168.1 cm.

Vietnamese have grown taller over the last two decades, but not as quickly as others in Asia, he remarked.

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