Fatal child abuse shines light on lack of safety for Vietnam’s children

A memorial set up by neighbors at an apartment complex in HCMC's Binh Thanh District for an eight-year-old girl abused to death by her father's fiancée, December 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Dinh Van

The recent deaths of children from physical abuse at home lays bare Vietnam’s shortcomings like violence that masquerades as discipline, social indifference and inadequate laws.

To many, what is most heartbreaking about the recent death of the eight-year-old girl in HCMC is that it might have been prevented if the right authorities had been informed in time.

Indeed, many neighbors who lived in the apartment complex in Binh Thanh District with the child’s father, Nguyen Kim Trung Thai, 36, often heard her cry and suspected she was abused, but only reported to the building management who did nothing to prevent the tragedy.

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