Erotic Night Club in Vietnam

Vietnam prohibits both buying and selling sex but treats both as administrative violations rather than crimes. The Ordinance on Prostitution Prevention (No. 10/2003/PL-UBTVQH11) bans buying, selling, harbouring, organising, brokering and protecting prostitution. Fines are set by Government decree: Decree 282/2025/ND-CP, in force since 15 December 2025 and replacing Decree 144/2021/ND-CP, fines buyers VND 1–2 million and people who sell sex a warning or VND 300,000–500,000, more where several people are involved. Harbouring ("chứa mại dâm") and brokering ("môi giới mại dâm") are criminal offences under Articles 327 and 328 of the Penal Code 2015. Buying sex from a person under 18 is a crime. Source: Prostitution Laws (prostitutionlaws.org), https://prostitutionlaws.org/countries/vietnam/, reviewed 2026-11-04, CC BY 4.0.