Vietnam: What does the act “prostitution harboring” mean?

16:22, 15/04/2015

The Ordinance on prostitution prevention and combat 2003 of the National Assembly of Vietnam clearly stipulates the terms for prostitution, specifically as follows:

- Selling sex means a person having sexual intercourse with another for pay with money or other material benefits.

- Buying sex means a person paying money or other material benefits to a prostitute for having sexual intercourse with such person.

- Prostitution means acts of selling and buying sex.

- Prostitution harboring means acts of using, renting, leasing, borrowing or lending venues and/or means for buying and selling sex.

- Organization of prostitution activities means acts of making arrangements for buying and selling sex.

- Prostitution coercion means acts of using violence or threatening to use violence or using tricks to force other persons to sell sex.

- Prostitution brokerage means acts of allurement or procurement by panders for the parties to buy and sell sex.

- Prostitution protection means acts of abusing one's position, powers, prestige or using violence or threatening to use violence to protect and maintain prostitution activities.

Decree No. 178/2004/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government details that the phrase “renting, leasing, borrowing or lending venues and/or means for buying and selling sex” is the act of an organization or individual with the right to manage, possess, use or dispose of property that is rented or lent for prostitution activities.

View details at the Ordinance on prostitution prevention and combat 2003 of the National Assembly of Vietnam, effective from July 01, 2003.

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