Foreign sex workers could be expelled from Vietnam

The security ministry is proposing fines of up to US$476 for clients indulging in paid sex “of an obscene nature”, starting July 1. If the prostitute is a foreigner, that person will be fined up to $47 and can be deported from Vietnam.
According to a draft decree proposed by the Ministry of Public Security on administrative punishment in social order, fire and domestic violence prevention, sex buyers will be fined from VND500,000 to VND1 million (up to $47).
The fine will be increased to VND2 million - VND5 million (up to $238) if the client has sex with many prostitutes at a time.

If the sex is “of an obscene nature”, or the client incites others to buy sex together, that person will be fined from VND5 million to VND10 million (from $238 to $476). However, the ministry does not explain or define what “obscene” activities constitute. The original Vietnamese phrase is “co tinh chat doi truy” , which can be roughly translated as “having elements of an obscene [or lewd or lecherous or debauched] nature”.
Meanwhile, the security ministry also suggests fines to sex workers but at a much lower rate. Accordingly, the act of selling sex will incur non-monetary warnings or pecuniary fines of VND100,000-VND300,000 (up to $14).
But if a prostitute has sex with many clients at a time, that sex worker will be fined VND300,000-VND500,000. If the sexual activities are “of an obscene nature”, the prostitute will be fined from VND500,000 to VND1 million (up to $47).
If the sex worker is a foreigner, that person will be fined from VND100,000 to VND1 million (up to $47) and can be deported from Vietnam. Sex procurers will be fined up to VND5 million, with repeat offenders to be fined VND10 million.
The security ministry is now gathering opinions from other ministries and agencies and the public for feedback on this draft decree before officially submitting it to a higher body for approval.

Source tuoitrenews.vn

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