Bui Thi Hien, 33, in Nam Dinh Province, and Khong Thi Lan, 34, in Yen Bai Province are being investigated for "organizing surrogacy for commercial purposes." According to investigators, Hien had used social media to source couples eager for babies and young, educated women like college students wanting to act as surrogates in exchange for money. Hien would accompany successful candidates to hospital for embryo implantation, registering them as single mothers. Hien charged VND830-850 million ($36,000-37,000) per baby born, paying each surrogate VND250 million. Lan was charged with caring for surrogate mothers during their pregnancy at Hien’s place in Nam Dinh. For this job, Lan received VND10 million per woman. When busted, Hien and Lan had been looking after nine pregnant mothers. Vietnam legalized surrogacy in 2015 to benefit infertile couples, but only on charity basis, and couples can only seek help from family members. Commercial surrogacy is punishable by up to five … [Read more...] about Surrogacy ring busted in northern Vietnam, two arrested
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First case of LEOPARD syndrome reported in Vietnam
LEOPARD is a very rare disease that only a few dozen people have ever had. An eight-year-old girl in the southern province of Tien Giang has been diagnosed with LEOPARD syndrome, which is the first case in Vietnam, according to Dr. Tran Nguyen Anh Tu, deputy head of the department of skin aesthetics at the Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital. LEOPARD is a very rare disease that only a few hundreds of people have ever had, Tu said, adding that since it was first recorded in 1936, there have only been 200 confirmed cases worldwide so far. The body of the girl diagnosed with LEOPARD syndrome appears with multiple brown skin spots (lentigines). Photo: Ho Chi Minh City Dermatology Hospital The girl’s family said dark-brown stains (lentigines) began appearing all over the face and body of the little girl since she was four years old. She was born deaf and unable to speak, with physical and mental disabilities, abnormalities in the jawbone, spine, shoulder, … [Read more...] about First case of LEOPARD syndrome reported in Vietnam