Vietnam Allows Sex Change on Legal Documents

Hanoi VIETNAM:: Vietnam lawmakers on Tuesday passed changes to a civil code that acknowledges transgender people and gives them rights to change gender in legal documents, reflecting a major advance in the Communist government's viewpoint on gender issues. Under the new law, which will take effect from January 1, 2017, people who undergo sex change would have "rights and obligations to register for changes in civil status" and personal rights associated with their new gender.