Vietnam

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Vietnam ‎ Information Region Asia Population 87,375,000 GDP (millions USD) 70,022 National Policies Eggs for assisted reproduction commercial prohibited Eggs for research ? Inheritable genetic modification PROHIBITED Preimplantation genetic diagnosis ? Reproductive cloning PROHIBITED Research cloning PROHIBITED Sex selection PROHIBITED Surrogacy PROHIBITED International Agreements 2005 UN Cloning Vote no vote 2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention not ratified

Key laws and policies

• Phap Lenh Dan So Ordinance on Population, No. 06/2003/PL-UBTVQH11, art. 23(2) (2003)
• Gender Equity Law (2006)

Prohibited practices

The Ordinance on Population prohibits:

• Reproductive cloning
• Research cloning
• Surrogacy^[1][2][3][4]
• inheritable genetic modification
• sex-selection

The Gender Equity Law of 2006 prohibits sex-selective abortion.^[5][6]

Permitted and regulated practices

Providing eggs for reproduction is permitted, as long as there is no compensation.^[7]

[edit] References

1. ↑ "Vietnam to ban human cloning and surrogacy," Hindustan Times (February 15, 2003)
2. ↑ "National Polices on Human Genetic Modification: A Preliminary Survey ," Center for Genetics and Society (November 15, 2003)
3. ↑ "World Cloning Policies," Kirstin Matthews
4. ↑ "Vietnam," in Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting their Reproductive Lives- East and Southeast Asia, The Center for Reproductive Rights
5. ↑ Kay Johnson, "Vietnam's Girls Go Missing," Time (November 2, 2007)
6. ↑ Grant McCool, "Sex selection leads to more baby boys in Vietnam and Nepal," Reuters (November 5, 2007)
7. ↑ American Society for Reproductive Medicine, "IFFS Surveillance 07," Fertility and Sterility (Vol. 87. No. 4, Suppl. April 1, 2007)