From Tuoi Tre's article, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health fined 2 facilities that provided consulting services on fetal gender selection.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Inspectorate has just announced its decision to impose fines, including on two facilities that provided advice on choosing the gender of fetuses, as previously reported by Tuoi Tre newspaper.

Inspectors of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health inspected the Saigon Reproductive Support and Andrology Hospital after Tuoi Tre newspaper reported on fetal sex selection consultation - Photo: DAN THUAN

On February 6, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Inspectorate announced decisions on administrative sanctions against organizations and individuals who committed violations in the health sector.

Specifically, Saigon Reproductive Support and Andrology Hospital, located at 87 Ly Chieu Hoang, Ward 10, District 6 (HCMC) was fined 213 million VND and forced to remove and delete advertising content that had not been confirmed by a state agency.

The reasons are due to many violations such as: practitioners not registering to practice according to regulations; conducting tests without completing the self-declaration procedure to meet biosafety standards; providing medical examination and treatment services beyond expertise...

Next, the Health Department Inspectorate fined doctor TTT, owner of the obstetrics and gynecology clinic for mother and child infertility (Ward 3, District 5) 64 million VND.

In addition, Dr. T. had his medical practice license revoked for a period of 2 months.

Deprive the person responsible for professional expertise of the right to use the medical practice certificate for 1 month.

The establishment is required to remove or delete advertising content without prior confirmation from the competent authority.

Reasons for establishing a medical examination and treatment book but not recording it fully according to the provisions of law; practitioners not registering to practice medical examination and treatment; providing medical examination and treatment services beyond the scope of expertise and advertising special products, goods and services without the content being confirmed by a competent state agency...

Previously, Tuoi Tre reported in a series of reports: "The pain of choosing the sex of the fetus", showing that there is a "market" for reproductive support, providing services to choose the sex of the fetus that is operating quietly.

In Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon Reproductive Support and Andrology Hospital and Dr. TTT at the obstetrics and gynecology clinic for mothers and babies have directly provided consultation and provided services for choosing the sex of the fetus.

After Tuoi Tre's reflection, the Health Department Inspectorate has stepped in to inspect and determined that Saigon Reproductive Support and Andrology Hospital had many violations such as performing in vitro fertilization techniques but the list of techniques has not been approved by the Ministry of Health according to regulations; has not carried out procedures to self-declare that it meets biosafety standards for the laboratory...

Many places support gender selection of fetuses

In the series of reports "The pain of choosing the sex of the fetus" published by Tuoi Tre recently, over the past 19 years (since 2006), the gender gap at birth in Vietnam is still very high, with one year having 114 boys/100 girls.

In reality, there are many doctors, hospitals, and clinics in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi that help brokers, and many couples can easily achieve their wishes by openly saying they want to have a "baby that looks like the father" (boy) or a "baby that looks like the mother" (girl).

After the series of articles, the Department of Maternal and Child Health (Ministry of Health) sent a document to health departments and hospitals across the country requesting to prevent the act of choosing the sex of the fetus and verify and handle violations if any.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tu-tuyen-bai-cua-tuoi-tre-so-y-te-tp-hcm-xu-phat-2-co-so-tu-van-dich-vu-lua-chon-gioi-tinh-thai-nhi-2025020611125322.htm