Family members lurk behind most cases of child abuse

Bruises on the leg and hands of a 12-year-old girl who was beaten by her mother and the mother's boyfriend in Hanoi, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Pham Du

Vietnam's national hotline for child protection confirmed the majority of violence perpetrated against children last year involved the close family members of victims.

The hotline 111, operated by the Child Affairs Department under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, received more than 600,000 calls last year, a representative told a conference on child protection in Hanoi on Wednesday.

Calls involved more than 30,000 cases of consultation and over 1,000 of direct intervention. Most cases involved violence against children, with 73 percent caused by direct family members.

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