Abortion in Vietnam is legal until 22 weeks of pregnancy [1] and provided free of charge by the state through Article 44 of the 1989 Public Health Protection Law.
[6] Family planning was made a national priority upon the unification of Vietnam, leading to the incentivization of contraception and abortion acceptance.
The Law on the Protection of Public Health was passed on 30 June 1989, affirming people's right to make reproductive decisions over their body and choose their own contraceptive methods.
Significantly, the Criminal Code of Vietnam does not contain any provisions that criminalise abortion practices, pointing to its unrestricted legality in the country.
A study conducted by the Hanoi Central Obstetrics Hospital [vi] found that 40% of all pregnancies in Vietnam are terminated each year.