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LGBT rights in Vietnam
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) persons in Vietnam may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity are legal in Vietnam, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex couples.
Homosexuality is not a crime provided that it involves noncommercial acts between consenting adults (18) in private. In fact many historians believe that homosexuality was never addressed in the nation's criminal code.
Male prostitution and public sex are illegal and establishments or people found to be involved in such behavior can be sentenced to long prison terms.
The criminal code does prohibit the "undermining public morality". This vague law could be used to harass gay people or gay rights organizations.