This first population-based study in Vietnam, which required coordination efforts at the local level, provides baseline prevalences of external birth defects. Data on EBDs from this study in southern Vietnam may be useful for setting up a regional population-based registry of birth defects in Vietnam.
Hoang, T., Nguyen, D. T., Nguyen, P. V. N., Tran, D. A., Gillerot, Y., Reding, R., & Robert, A. (2013). External birth defects in southern Vietnam: a population-based study at the grassroots level of health care in Binh Thuan province. BMC Pediatrics, 13, 67. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-13-67 (Original work published 2013)