Vietnam has legalised some types of sex change surgery but will let government physicians have the final say on what gender a patient is, a health official in the communist country said Thursday.
Some types of sex change surgery have now been legalized in Vietnam. However government physicians will have the final say on what gender a patient belongs.
The decree published this week allows corrective surgery for hermaphrodites and people born with certain genital deformities, but not for people who are physically of one sex and request gender reassignment surgery.
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Nguyen Huy Quang, deputy head of the health ministry's legal department, said the decree "still prohibits sex change for those who are already in their original gender," as determined by medical and genetic testing.
The decree would ensure the privacy of, and prohibit discrimination against, people who have undergone gender reassignment surgery, and also require medical proof when they register with authorities under their new gender.
Source-AFP
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