VietNamNet Bridge – More Vietnamese women marry Korean men than in any other country. The South Korean government has even funded special courses in Viet Nam to help the women grow accustomed to their new home.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam needs to improve regulations governing marriages between Vietnamese brides and foreigners to prevent unwanted incidents, participants said at a conference yesterday in Ba Ria – Vung Tau.

 On average 18,000 Vietnamese marry foreigners each year, with 78% of them coming from Ho Chi Minh City and poor areas of the Mekong Delta region.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many Vietnamese brides in Taiwan have become teachers of native language after engaging in a programme entitled “Ngọn đuốc tân di dân” (New Immigrant Torch).

 VietNamNet Bridge – She has experienced very difficult times, but 28-year-old Truong Thi Kim Loan considers herself lucky.

According to the Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea, a Vietnamese woman named Nguyen Thi Diem Trinh was determined to have committed suicide in the city of Gumi, South Korea, on January 16.

VietNamNet Bridge - A Vietnamese woman committed suicide with her two children in the port city of Busan, South Korea, on November 23.