In Vietnam, is it illegal for a mother to force her son to get married to clear debt?
In Clause 2, Article 5 of the Law on Marriage and Family 2014, there are provisions on prohibited acts in marriage as follows: 2. The following acts are prohibited: a) Fake marriage, fake divorce; b) Child marriage, forced marriage, cheating on marriage, obstructing marriage; c) A married person gets married or lives together as husband and wife with another person, or is unmarried or unmarried but marries or lives as husband and wife with a married person; d) Marrying or living together as husband and wife between people of the same direct bloodline; among people with surnames within three generations; between adoptive parents and adopted children; between a person who was once a father, an adoptive mother with an adopted child, a father-in-law with a daughter-in-law, a mother-in-law with a son-in-law, a stepfather with a stepchild of a wife, a stepmother with a stepchild of a husband; d) Claiming wealth in marriage; e) Forcing divorce, cheating on divorce, obstructing divorce; g) Giving birth using assisted reproductive technology for commercial purposes, surrogacy for commercial purposes, fetal sex selection, asexual reproduction; h) Domestic violence; ... Clause 9, Article 3 of the Law on Marriage and Family 2014 has the following provisions: 9. Forced marriage or divorce is the act of threatening, mentally intimidating, tormenting, ill-treating, claiming property or other acts to force another person to get married or divorced against their will. According to current regulations, in case your mother forces you to get married to clear your debt, this can be considered an act of forced marriage. According to current regulations, this is an illegal act.