Vietnam has more than 4,000 transgender people: official

Between 4,000 and 5,000 Vietnamese people have so far undergone sex transition, with most of them being men wanting to become women, a local health official said Tuesday.

Many Vietnamese transgender people, including those who succeed in life or business like well-known singers, have gone to Thailand to undergo sex transition, local online newspaper Tuoi Tre (Youth) quoted Nguyen Huy Quang, head of the Legal Department under the Health Ministry, as saying.

Many transgender people still face difficulties in getting new identity-related papers such as identity cards and passports, he said.

The Health Ministry, in coordination with relevant ministries and sectors, is drafting a law on gender transition in Vietnam, he said, noting that the existing Vietnamese law allows Vietnamese citizens to transition from one sex to another if they have sex abnormalities. Enditem