The Government has just issued Decree 207 regulating childbirth using assisted reproductive technology and conditions for surrogacy for humanitarian purposes. The Decree takes effect from October 1.
This Decree provides for the donation, receipt, use, storage, and deposit of sperm, eggs, and embryos; giving birth using assisted reproductive techniques; conditions, records, procedures, and authority permitting medical examination and treatment facilities to perform in vitro fertilization and surrogacy for humanitarian purposes; and conditions for surrogacy for humanitarian purposes.
The new decree allows single women to undergo in vitro fertilization to have children if they wish (Illustration: Istock).
Specifically, sperm donation, egg donation, and embryo donation in assisted reproductive technology must comply with the principle that donations can only be made at a facility licensed to store sperm, eggs, and embryos.
Donated sperm, eggs, and embryos can only be used by one woman or one couple to produce a child. Donation and receipt of sperm and embryos are carried out anonymously between the donor and recipient.
Notably, in addition to infertile couples or couples with medical indications, assisted reproductive technology is also indicated for single women who wish to have children. After performing in vitro fertilization, if there are still eggs left and no need to use them, single women can donate these eggs.
Previously, according to Decree 10/2015, single women had the right to give birth using in vitro fertilization as prescribed by a specialist.
In addition, the decree also clearly stipulates the conditions for facilities permitted to perform surrogacy techniques for humanitarian purposes.
Specifically, have at least 2 years of experience performing in vitro fertilization techniques, of which the 2 most recent years up to the time of application must have performed at least 500 in vitro fertilization cycles per year.
The facility has a medical consultant who is an obstetrician, a psychological consultant with a university degree in psychology or higher, or a doctor with a training certificate in the field of psychology, and a legal consultant with a bachelor's degree in law or higher.
Medical consultants must be employees of the medical examination and treatment facility. Psychological consultants and legal consultants must be employees of the medical examination and treatment facility or cooperate with the law.
The trend of being afraid to get married, not wanting to have children or having very few children has appeared in Vietnam and is especially alarming in some urban areas where the economic conditions are developed. More and more young people are choosing to live a single life, not getting married and having children.
Accordingly, data released by the General Statistics Office shows that over the past 30 years, the trend of marriage and fertility in Vietnam has changed dramatically. The age of marriage has increased sharply, the marriage rate has decreased, causing the fertility rate to decrease by half over the past 30 years.
Specifically, in the period 1989-2023, the average age of first marriage for men increased from 24.4 and women from 23.2 to 29.3 for men and 25.1 for women in 2023. The rate of single people is also increasing rapidly, from 6% in 2004 to 10% in 2019.
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/suc-khoe/tu-ngay-110-phu-nu-doc-than-muon-co-con-duoc-lam-ivf-20250730192730711.htm
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