- Homosexuality⚢✔ Legal
- Marriage⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, but requires surgery
- Adoption✖ Single only
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination✖ No protections
- Military✔ Legal
- Donating BloodN/A
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Conversion Therapy✔ Banned
History
Current status
(since Jan 1, 1992)
(since Jan 1, 1992)
Legal
Unrecognized
Vietnamese government said that they are trying to get a bill passed. Gay marriage pending and Gay Union pending.
Current status
(since Nov 12, 2013)
(since Nov 12, 2013)
Unrecognized
Proposition 110 still states that same sex union is not legal. However, it removed all penalty involved with marriage ceremony or attempts to register, effectively de-criminalizing the act.
Current status
(since Jan 1, 1992)
(since Jan 1, 1992)
No protections
Discrimination protections pending.
Current status
(since Jan 1, 1992)
(since Jan 1, 1992)
No protections
Housing discriminating protections pending.
Current status
(since Jan 1, 1992)
(since Jan 1, 1992)
Legal
Technically, homosexuals can serve openly in the military. There are no laws protecting them against discriminations though.
Current status
N/A
There are no laws regarding donating blood in Vietnam.
Current status
(since Dec 21, 1999)
(since Dec 21, 1999)
Equal
The age of consent is 16 years old. However, this is due to the LGBT population not being officially mentioned or recognized in the law
Current status
(since Apr 17, 2013)
(since Apr 17, 2013)
Banned
Only in few countries in asia.
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