Is it criminally prosecuted if a child is not sent to a technical school because she is a girl?

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 165, Chapter XV, Penal Code 2015 and the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Penal Code 2017, the crime of violating the right to gender equality is regulated as follows:

Crime of violating gender equality rights:

1. Anyone who, for gender reasons, commits any act in any form that prevents others from participating in activities in the fields of politics, economics, labor, education and training, science and technology, culture, information, physical education, sports, or health, and has been disciplined or administratively sanctioned for this act but continues to violate, shall be subject to a warning, a fine of from VND 5,000,000 to VND 50,000,000, or non-custodial reform for up to 02 years.

2. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be subject to a fine of from VND 50,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 or imprisonment from 03 months to 02 years:

a) Abusing position and power;

b) Committing the crime 02 times or more;

c) For 02 people or more.

3. The offender may also be banned from holding positions, practicing a profession or doing certain jobs from 01 to 05 years.

Thus, if your parents prevent their children from studying engineering or mechanical engineering because they are girls, they may be prosecuted for violating gender equality rights. Offenders may be warned, fined from VND 5,000,000 to VND 100,000,000 or sentenced to non-custodial reform for up to 02 years or imprisoned from 03 months to 02 years depending on the severity of the violation. In addition, offenders may also be banned from holding positions, practicing a profession or doing certain jobs from 01 year to 05 years.