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Communism and homosexuality - Vietnam
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The government of Vietnam has been more open about its disapproval of homosexuality, running several features in the government-based press that homosexuality is a "social evil;" comparing it to prostitution and gambling, and promising for strict laws to be introduced that would allow for police to arrest homosexuals and same-sex couples. As of 2009, such laws have not been introduced. There have been no recorded laws against same-sex contact in Vietnam and the matter is generally not discussed. Until 2000, laws against cohabitation were in place and the government used these to arrest same-sex couples. The communist youth newspaper, on the other hand, ran a story that stated people can be born homosexual, as they can be born left-handed. Attitudes among Vietnamese youth have also fallen on par to these statements.