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Chào mừng bạn đến Việt Nam!

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Not so far away.

Malaysians - males and females - who want to wed their same sex can now take a two-hour flight to Vietnam and settle it there. We don't allow it here (for now?)

Leading the way for gay rights in Southeast Asia, Vietnam has abolished its ban on same-sex marriages, a move welcomed by its $11.4 billion tourism industry, which now expects an influx in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender travelers.

According to a report on skift, while Vietnam abolished regulations that “prohibit marriage between people of the same sex” its government will not ‘recognise them’ or provide legal protection in cases of dispute.
However, the revised law still places the communist country ahead of other Asian nations such as Singapore, which recently reaffirmed its ban on homosexual behaviour followed by Indonesia and Malaysia. 
It was reported the Philippines are said to be considering laws to ban marriages between people of the same sex. Last year’s military upheaval in Thailand stalled talks on official discussions to address same-sex laws.
“It is getting out that Vietnam is a more friendly place” toward gay people, gay resources website, Utopia Asia director John Goss said, as reported by skift.
“Gays in Vietnam are certainly becoming more open. It has not ruffled any feathers as it might in some other countries in Southeast Asia. It will have a positive effect on tourism.”
Meanwhile owner of Gay Hanoi Tours, Nguyen Anh Tuan said the popularity of LGBT travellers to Vietnam has increased in recent years, with the operator reporting bookings have been up as much as 50% in the past year.

The new law “indicates to everyone that Vietnam is opening up more and welcomes everyone,” he said, skift reported.

“Vietnam is changing very quickly. There are bigger gay communities and gay events.”

Don't you find this 'impressive'? To me, its more 'depressive'... I believe some of our human rights and freedom fighters for LGBT are already looking at Vietnam, inspired by the developments.

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