Hanoi, November 2, 2026 – The Europe Today: Vietnamese lawmakers are scheduled to discuss several important legislative proposals during a plenary sitting on November 2, as part of the second session of the 16th National Assembly.
The legislative agenda includes the draft Law on Amendments and Supplements to Several Articles of the Law on Investment, the amended Law on Donation, Removal and Transplantation of Human Tissues and Organs and Donation and Removal of Cadavers, as well as revised laws on Lawyers and Adoption.
The draft amended Law on Donation, Removal and Transplantation of Human Tissues and Organs aims to comprehensively and promptly incorporate the Party’s policies and guidelines on protecting, caring for and improving public health, while gradually strengthening the legal framework governing organ and tissue donation and transplantation.
The proposed legislation covers the donation, removal, transplantation, management and use of human tissues, tissue-derived products, cells, cell-derived products and organs, along with the donation and removal of cadavers. It also establishes the necessary conditions and safeguards for carrying out these activities.
However, the proposed law excludes the trading and use of tissues as pharmaceutical ingredients, which remain subject to the Law on Pharmacy.
Among its key priorities are expanding donation sources to improve patients’ access to transplantation services, strengthening oversight to prevent the illegal trade in human tissues and organs, and ensuring the protection of donors.
The draft legislation also seeks to improve the management of tissues and cells to support the development of regenerative medicine, while creating better conditions for donation, removal and transplantation activities and safeguarding donors’ rights and legitimate interests.
Meanwhile, the draft amended Law on Adoption consists of four chapters and 31 articles, outlining revised eligibility requirements and safeguards for children involved in adoption arrangements.
Under the proposed provisions, eligible children for adoption must be abandoned children, children who have lost both parents, or children without caregivers, as defined under the Law on Children, except in cases of adoption within the family.
The provision is intended to ensure that adoption primarily benefits children facing particularly difficult circumstances who have no opportunity to live with their birth families. It also seeks to uphold children’s right to remain with their biological parents and prevent unnecessary separation.
Additionally, the draft law introduces provisions governing the termination of adoption arrangements in circumstances where both adoptive parents die, lose their civil act capacity, suffer from serious illnesses or are sentenced to imprisonment.
It also provides for the termination of adoption arrangements when adoptive parents are convicted of abusing or mistreating their adopted children.
The proposed amendments are aimed at strengthening legal protections for vulnerable children, improving the effectiveness of adoption procedures and ensuring that the interests and rights of children remain central to adoption policies.
