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By Ha Mi BBC Vietnamese
File image of Vietnamese girls in Hanoi on 1 October 2010 Traditional preferences for sons means fewer daughters are being born
Sex ratios at birth are becoming increasingly imbalanced in Vietnam, with far more boys being born than girls, the UN Population Fund says.
For every 100 females, 110.6 males were born - compared to a norm of 105.
The situation was particularly worrying because of the rapid increase in the proportion of boys being born in the last five years, it said.
The UNFPA warned that the imbalance could lead to a number of social problems in the coming years.
In May 2009, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan warned that the gender imbalance in Vietnam could lead to about 3 million men having difficulty in finding wives by 2030. more here
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