Principle of prevention and combat against domestic violence in Vietnam

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

1. What is domestic violence?

According to Clause 1, Article 2 of the Law on prevention and combat against domestic violence 2022, domestic violence means an intentional act of a family member causing or potentially causing physical, mental, sexual, or economic harm to other family members.

2. Principle of prevention and combat against domestic violence in Vietnam

Principle of prevention and combat against domestic violence in Vietnam are stipulated in Article 4 of the Law on prevention and combat against domestic violence 2022 as follows:

- Make prevention the main focus, taking the domestic violence victim as the center.

- Respect and protect legal rights and benefits of relevant people; ensure the best benefits of children; prioritize the protection of legal rights and benefits of domestic violence victims who are pregnant women, women who are raising children under 36 months old, the elderly, disabled people, and people who are unable to take care of themselves; perform gender equality.

- Focus on activities of disseminating, educating, counseling, and mediating in preventing and combating domestic violence.

- Promptly detect and prevent and strictly handle violations against laws on prevention and combat against domestic violence as prescribed by law. If the domestic violence victims are children, during the handling process, there must be the participation of the representatives of state management agencies of children or people who are assigned to protect children.

- Increase the responsibilities of agencies, organizations, and heads; focus on inter-sectoral cooperation in preventing and combating domestic violence.  

- Promote the role and responsibilities of individuals, families, and communities.  

- Perform the responsibility to set an example in preventing and combating domestic violence regarding officials, public employees, and people of the people’s armed forces.

3. Prohibited acts in preventing and combating domestic violence in Vietnam

Prohibited acts in preventing and combating domestic violence in Vietnam are specified in Article 4 of the Law on prevention and combat against domestic violence 2022 including:

- Domestic violence acts prescribed in Article 3 of the Law on prevention and combat against domestic violence 2022.

- Inciting, enticing, seducing, assisting, or forcing others to commit domestic violence acts. 

- Using and disseminating information, documents, images, and audio to incite domestic violence.

- Revenging or threatening vengeance on people who help domestic violence victims and people who detect, notify, denounce, and prevent domestic violence acts.

- Obstructing the detection, notification, denunciation, prevention, and handling of domestic violence acts.

- Taking advantage of the prevention and combat against domestic violence to commit illegal acts.

- Tolerating, covering up, and failing to handle domestic violence acts in contravention of the law.

4. Policies of the State on prevention and combat against domestic violence in Vietnam

- The State shall allocate the budget for the effective implementation of the prevention and combat against domestic violence, prioritizing ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, and areas with extremely difficult socio-economic conditions.

- Encourage agencies, organizations, and individuals to provide aid, sponsorship, gifts, contributions, support, and investment in funds, personnel, physical facilities, and necessities for the prevention and combat against domestic violence; perform international cooperation in preventing and combating domestic violence; develop counseling models to build a happy family, prevent domestic violence, and support domestic violence victims; develop a network of population collaborators engaging in the prevention and combat against domestic violence in the community.

- Encourage literary and artistic creation on domestic violence prevention and combat; apply science and information technology to the prevention and combat against domestic violence.  

- Praise and commend agencies, organizations, and individuals with achievements in the prevention and combat against domestic violence; issue supporting regulations on compensating for health, life, and property damage for individuals participating in the prevention and combat against domestic violence.

- Support the advanced training in improving the capability of people who engage in domestic violence prevention and combat.

(Article 6 of the Law on prevention and combat against domestic violence 2022)

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