On the morning of September 21, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on the draft Law on Giving, Taking, Transplanting Human Organs and Parts of the Body and Giving, Taking Corpses (amended).
Presenting the basic content of the draft Law, Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Minister of Health Vu Manh Ha said that as of March 2026, the whole country has performed 11,187 human body organ transplants.
However, the activities of donating, taking, transplanting human tissues and organs and donating and taking bodies still have some shortcomings and limitations such as the lack of a legal corridor for donating and taking tissues and organs in humans after circulatory death.
Regulations on the age of donors are still inadequate; some conditions for medical facilities performing human organ transplants are no longer appropriate; there is still a legal gap in terms of blood, cells and products from cells and tissues.
Regimes and policies for donors still have many shortcomings. There is no clear financial mechanism for resuscitation, preservation, transportation, screening tests and coordination of human tissues and organs.
The draft Law inherits the core principles and regulations of the 2006 Law, including the principle of voluntariness in donating, taking, transplanting human tissues and organs and donating and taking corpses.
In addition, the draft Law supplements regulations on cases of donating human tissues and organs; supplements a separate chapter on registration for donation; supplements regulations on transplantation of human organs related to foreigners; supplements regulations on information, communication, counseling and donation mobilization.
Presenting a summary of the preliminary thẩm tra report of the draft Law, Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture and Society Nguyen Dac Vinh said that the draft Law dossier is basically complete according to regulations.
However, the Standing Committee of the Committee for Culture and Social Affairs proposed to continue reviewing and ensuring consistency in content between the Submission, draft Law and documents in the dossier; and complete the Policy Impact Assessment Report.
At the same time, supplementing the collection of opinions from children, organizations representing children's voices and aspirations, and assessing the specific impact on children's groups according to regulations.
The Standing Committee of the Committee for Culture and Social Affairs assessed that the draft Law is basically consistent with the Party's guidelines and policies, consistent with the Constitution, and compatible with relevant international treaties that have been reviewed.
It is proposed to study and supplement a mechanism for controlling and preventing the trading of human tissues and organs. Continue to fully assess the ability to balance the state budget and the Health Insurance Fund.
In addition, it is necessary to have financial solutions to improve access to human tissue and organ transplantation services, associated with the roadmap to expand the payment scope of the Health Insurance Fund and improve economic - technical norms and service prices.
The Standing Committee of the Committee for Culture and Society basically agreed with the addition of new principles in the donation, removal, transplantation of human tissues and organs and body donation and removal.
However, it is proposed to inherit the principles that are still relevant in the current Law and only supplement the content that is truly necessary, clear, and reflects the true nature of the general principle.
