Measures to prevent domestic violence acts and protect and support domestic violence victims in Vietnam

Measures to prevent domestic violence acts and protect and support domestic violence victims in Vietnam (Internet image) 

Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. Measures to prevent domestic violence acts and protect and support domestic violence victims in Vietnam

Measures to prevent domestic violence acts and protect and support domestic violence victims according to Article 22 of the Law on Prevention and Combat against Domestic Violence 2022 are as follows:

- Measures to prevent domestic violence acts and protect and support domestic violence victims include:

+ Forcing an end to domestic violence acts;  

+ Requesting the person committing the domestic violence act to come to the police office of the commune where the domestic violence act occurs;

+ Imposing protective orders;

+ Arranging shelters and providing support for essential needs;

+ Providing care and treatment for domestic violence victims;

+ Providing legal aid, psychological counseling, and training in skills in responding to domestic violence;

+ Providing domestic violence education and control; 

+ Providing suggestions and criticizing perpetrators in the residential community;

+ Performing work that serves the community;

+ Performing measures to prevent and ensure the handling of administrative violations following laws on handling administrative violations; measures to prevent and protect victims according to laws on criminal procedures regarding perpetrators.

- The application of measures prescribed in Points a, b, c, d, dd, e, g, h, and i Clause 1 of Article 22 of the Law on Prevention and Combat against Domestic Violence 2022  to foreigners residing in Vietnam shall comply with the regulations of the Government of Vietnam.

2. Request for perpetrators to come to the Police Office of the commune where the domestic violence acts occur in Vietnam

Request for perpetrators to come to the Police Office of the commune where the domestic violence acts occur in Vietnam according to Article 24 of the Law on Prevention and Combat against Domestic Violence 2022 as follows:

- When assigned to handle cases, the Head of the Commune-Level Police Force may request perpetrators to come to the Police Office of the area where domestic violence acts occur to clarify information and handle cases if:

+ Domestic violence victims are children, pregnant women, women raising children under 36 months old, the elderly, disabled people, or people who are unable to take care of themselves;

+ There are grounds to believe that domestic violence acts have endangered or may continue to endanger the health and life of domestic violence victims.

- The request for perpetrators to come to the Police Office of the commune shall be made in writing and witnessed by people in the residential community.

- In case perpetrators refuse to comply with the request, the Commune-Level Police Force may use combat gears according to the law to bring such people to the Police Office of the commune.

3. Regulations on care and treatment of domestic violence victims in Vietnam

Regulations on care and treatment of domestic violence victims  according to Article 29 of the Law on Prevention and Combat against Domestic Violence 2022 are as follows:

- Medical service facilities shall:

+ Receive, screen, classify, care for, and treat patients who are domestic violence victims;

+ Provide information on damage to the health of domestic violence victims at the request of such persons or competent agencies, organizations, or individuals.

- While caring for and treating patients, if there are signs indicating that such patients are domestic violence victims, healthcare staff shall immediately report such matters to heads of the medical service facilities. 

- Facilities supporting the prevention and combat against domestic violence prescribed in Points a, c, dd, and e Clause 2 Article 35 of the Law on Prevention and Combat against Domestic Violence 2022 shall provide care for domestic violence victims according to their functions and tasks.

- Heads of facilities supporting the prevention and combat against domestic violence shall provide notifications of cases of signs of domestic violence regarding people receiving care and treatment for Commune-Level Police Forces of areas where such facilities are located to protect and handle such matters according to the law.

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