Implementing Laws on Organs and Tissue Donation in Vietnam

Abstract

In Vietnam, the Law on donation, collection, transplantation of human tissues and donation and collection of corpses was issued in 2006. This issue has also been regulated in the 2005 and 2015 Civil Code. However, the enforcement of the law on organ donation still faces many challenges. This problem is not only in Vietnam but also in worldwide. In this article, the authors analyze the practical problems that countries around the world are facing when enforcing the law on organ donation. From there, it is related to the current situation of Vietnamese law and withdraw lessons that can be drawn to overcome these limitations and challenges in the future.