Gender based violence is a serious issue that mainly affects women, all around the world. Vietnam-based social-enterprise HopeBox is running its campaign 'Move for Hope' in November to support victims of GBV, by raising awareness and funding to empower women in need, and help them to take charge of their own lives.

UN Women and Center for Women and Development on February 26 organized an advanced training about "Crisis intervention skills and support approaches based on traumatic understanding" for staff and social workers from the women support network, which are the managers of the Peace House Shelters, staff from the hospitals and social centers of Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City.

A former American teacher in Cambodia was sentenced to 21 years in prison by the US federal court for engaging and attempting to engage in illicit sexual conduct with two underage Cambodian girls while traveling and residing here from 2013 to 2018, the US justice department said in a press release recently.