In Vietnam, can prisoners exercise their right to donate sperm?
Pursuant to Article 6 of the Law on donation, collection, transplantation of human body tissues and organs and body donation 2006 stipulates the right to donate and receive sperm, ovum and embryo in artificial insemination as follows: 1. Men aged full twenty years or older, women aged full eighteen years or older with full civil act capacity have the right to donate and receive sperm, ovules and embryos in artificial insemination in accordance with the provisions of law. the law. 2. The donation and receipt of sperm, ovum and embryo in artificial insemination must comply with the Government's regulations. Pursuant to Article 11 of the Law on prohibited acts as follows: 1. Stealing human tissues and organs; steal the body. 2. Forcing other people to donate tissues or organs or to take tissues and organs from people who do not voluntarily donate. 3. Buying and selling human tissues and organs; buy and sell corpses. 4. Taking, grafting, using and storing human tissues and organs for commercial purposes. 5. Taking tissues and organs from living people under the age of eighteen. 6. Transplanting tissues and organs of the infected person according to the list prescribed by the Minister of Health. 7. Transplantation of sperm, ovum and embryos between people of the same direct blood line and between persons of the opposite sex having the same surname within three generations. 8. Advertising, brokering the donation and receipt of human organs for commercial purposes. 9. Disclosing information and secrets about the donor and the transplant recipient against the law. 10. Abusing positions and powers to falsify results of brain death determination. Pursuant to Point e, Clause 1, Article 27 of the Law on Criminal Judgment Execution 2019 stipulates the rights of inmates as follows: e) To perform civil transactions on their own or through a representative in accordance with law; Accordingly, Vietnamese law does not prohibit prisoners from donating sperm and inmates are entitled to perform civil transactions. As such, you are eligible to exercise your right to donate sperm once registered.