Current Version
| Region | Vietnam |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Jan 1, 2017 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | On November 24, 2015, the Vietnamese National Assembly voted overwhelmingly (282 from the 366 members of the National Assembly) in favour of legalizing the right to change an individual's legal gender. This law went into effect in 2017. |
| Sources | http://laodong.com.vn/xa-hoi/viet-nam-chinh-thuc-cho-phep-chuyen-doi-gioi-tinh-399913.bld |
Reports (2)
- Sources are invalid or broken "Can't access the news"
- Status is not correct "The law has not yet officially taken effect and is still under construction. In 2022, the new law was submitted to the Assembly and is still under consideration. Most recently, in 5/2023, the National Assembly has officially introduced the issue of gender reassignment into the law-making program and is expected to be officially enacted in the next few years."
Revision History (2)
| Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
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| Start Date | Nov 23, 2015 | Jan 1, 2017 |
| Description | The Vietnamese Government voted overwhelmingly in favour of legalizing the right to change an individual's legal gender | On November 24, 2015, the Vietnamese National Assembly voted overwhelmingly (282 from the 366 members of the National Assembly) in favour of legalizing the right to change an individual's legal gender. This law went into effect in 2017. |
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| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Nov 23, 2015 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The Vietnamese Government voted overwhelmingly in favour of legalizing the right to change an individual's legal gender |
| Sources | http://laodong.com.vn/xa-hoi/viet-nam-chinh-thuc-cho-phep-chuyen-doi-gioi-tinh-399913.bld |
Reports (2)
- Status is not correct "The bill is not finalized.
https://vietnamnews.vn/society/481102/transgender-law-to-be-discussed-by-2020.html"
- Status is not correct "The LGBT community is excited for more big changes in the next few years as the new Law on Gender Change is being crafted by the Ministry of Health (MoH) to protect the rights of transgender people.
The law is set to be submitted to parliament for review in 2019 at the latest"