Vietnamese women marrying foreigners: A view from studies

Tóm tắt

In recent years, marriage with foreigners is no longer a new phenomenon in Vietnam and has become a problem attracting much attention of mass media and public opinion. Thorough studies on this phenomenon have shown positive impacts of marriages involving foreign elements. However, over the past ten years, press at home and abroad has repeatedly reported on incidents of overseas Vietnamese brides being violated seriously in human dignity, spirit as well as body. There have been Vietnamese brides being tortured, beaten, cruelly treated, forced to be sex slaveries, etc by their husbands and husbands’ family, and they must escape to live outside the law or return to Vietnam with disable, ruined bodies. More heartbreakingly, some died in foreign lands due to being murdered tragically by their foreign husbands... It is negative impacts of this phenomenon. The content of this article helps to clarify the status of Vietnamese women marrying foreigners in recent years, explaining the causes and summarizing some proposals and solutions to reduce risks of Vietnamese women’s marriages involving foreign elements.