Tier 2 · Accepted in the cities#25 in tier 2
Vietnam
Not criminalized; no unions; declassified as an illness in 2022.
- Same-sex activity
- Legal
- Recognition
- No legal recognition
- Region
- Asia
- Confidence
- Medium
- Reviewed
- September 2026
Acceptance
Improving in the cities.
Travel advice
Go, and stay in the cities and beach towns on our list. Read the room once you leave them.
Where the boys go
Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi.
Method
Tiered on the legal status and social acceptance of gay men and LGB people using ILGA World, the ILGA-Europe Rainbow Map, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Human Dignity Trust, the Williams Institute, Pew, the Spartacus Gay Travel Index, Equaldex and court rulings. Where two tiers are plausible we choose the more cautious one. How we tier. Last reviewed September 2026.