Let's talk about sex: Vietnam's millennials on condoms and consent


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Sex education start-up WeGrow Edu is on a mission to change Vietnam's outdated attitudes about sexuality. Photos:AFP

HUONG has had two abortions in two years. No one had ever talked to her about sex: not her parents, not her teachers - and her friends knew as little as she did.

She is not alone. A lack of sex education at home or in school in Vietnam, has resulted in some relying on abortion as a form of birth control, experts say.

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