Divorced women returning from the Republic of Korea attend a bartender class at the Vietnam-Korea Care Centre in Can Tho City (Source: thoidai.com)Can Tho (VNS/VNA) - Thousands of Vietnamese women who were previouslymarried to Korean men or plan to marry a Korean have received support to adaptto their new life for the last three years.
The firstphase of the project 'Vietnam–Korea Joint Care' was launched by the Women’sAssociation of Can Tho city and the Korea Centre for United Nations HumanRights Policy (KOCUN) in October, 2016.
At aceremony to mark the end of the project's first phase last week, Duong TanHien, Vice Chairman of the Can Tho City People’s Committee, said the projectwas very meaningful for the Vietnamese women and theirVietnamese-Korean children.
It wasreported that from 2005 to 2018, more than 75,000 women in the city got marriedto Korean men but of those, nearly 15,000 got divorced and returned to Vietnamwith financial burdens. Additionally, their children who returned to Vietnam facedbarriers in attending school and integrating in society.
Hien saidthe project helped prepare women for marriage with Korean men and helpedprotect the rights of returnees after their divorce.
Duringthe first phase of the project, last year, the Vietnam-Korea Centre Care wasbuilt in the city’s Cai Rang district. The two-storey building includes a legaladvice office, library, kitchen, canteen, classrooms and sport court. Itprovides support to returnee brides with vocational training, jobcreation and loans for starting a business. Lawyers of the legal adviceoffice assist in solving problems related to divorce, naturalisation and birthcertification.
Accordingto the city’s Women Association, it and the KOCUN offered courses to more than6,000 women in the Mekong Delta before leaving for Korea for marriage.
More than1,000 returnee brides were offered Korean language courses and some 3,000families received legal advice, while a library was opened for children ofVietnamese-Korean families.
Chairwomenof the Can Tho Women’s Association Diep Thi Thu Hong said women were alsooffered job training.
Hong saidthe project also helped brides-to-be learn about Korean culture to preparefor their future marriage.
In caseswhen Vietnamese women are victims of domestic abuse, the centre helped themcontact authorities and handled legal procedures and costs so they couldreturn to Vietnam.
Accordingto the Korea Statistics Bureau, by the end of 2016, almost one out of fiveVietnamese married women in Korea (19.25 percent) was divorced. One of everysix Vietnamese women getting married to Korean men is from Can Tho city. Thenumber of Vietnamese-Korean divorced families with adolescent childrenaccounted for 19 percent of total cases.
The 'Vietnam–Korea Joint Care' project was funded with 22 billion VND by the HyundaiMotor Company and the Korean Social Welfare Relief Fund.-VNS/VNA
The firstphase of the project 'Vietnam–Korea Joint Care' was launched by the Women’sAssociation of Can Tho city and the Korea Centre for United Nations HumanRights Policy (KOCUN) in October, 2016.
At aceremony to mark the end of the project's first phase last week, Duong TanHien, Vice Chairman of the Can Tho City People’s Committee, said the projectwas very meaningful for the Vietnamese women and theirVietnamese-Korean children.
It wasreported that from 2005 to 2018, more than 75,000 women in the city got marriedto Korean men but of those, nearly 15,000 got divorced and returned to Vietnamwith financial burdens. Additionally, their children who returned to Vietnam facedbarriers in attending school and integrating in society.
Hien saidthe project helped prepare women for marriage with Korean men and helpedprotect the rights of returnees after their divorce.
Duringthe first phase of the project, last year, the Vietnam-Korea Centre Care wasbuilt in the city’s Cai Rang district. The two-storey building includes a legaladvice office, library, kitchen, canteen, classrooms and sport court. Itprovides support to returnee brides with vocational training, jobcreation and loans for starting a business. Lawyers of the legal adviceoffice assist in solving problems related to divorce, naturalisation and birthcertification.
Accordingto the city’s Women Association, it and the KOCUN offered courses to more than6,000 women in the Mekong Delta before leaving for Korea for marriage.
More than1,000 returnee brides were offered Korean language courses and some 3,000families received legal advice, while a library was opened for children ofVietnamese-Korean families.
Chairwomenof the Can Tho Women’s Association Diep Thi Thu Hong said women were alsooffered job training.
Hong saidthe project also helped brides-to-be learn about Korean culture to preparefor their future marriage.
In caseswhen Vietnamese women are victims of domestic abuse, the centre helped themcontact authorities and handled legal procedures and costs so they couldreturn to Vietnam.
Accordingto the Korea Statistics Bureau, by the end of 2016, almost one out of fiveVietnamese married women in Korea (19.25 percent) was divorced. One of everysix Vietnamese women getting married to Korean men is from Can Tho city. Thenumber of Vietnamese-Korean divorced families with adolescent childrenaccounted for 19 percent of total cases.
The 'Vietnam–Korea Joint Care' project was funded with 22 billion VND by the HyundaiMotor Company and the Korean Social Welfare Relief Fund.-VNS/VNA
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