Table 1 Actors’ involvement in the domestic violence prevention and control law process in Vietnam

National level

National Assembly

x

x

Vietnam Population and Family Planning committee^a (VPFPC)

x

x

Ministry of Health (MOH)

x

x

x

x

Department of Family, Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism (MOCST)

x

x (coordination)

x

Ministry of Justice

x

x

x

x

Ministry of Labor Invalid and Social Affair

x

x

x

x (in social welfare service system)

Police, Court

x

x

x

x

Ministry of Information and Communication

x

x

x (in mass media)

Ministry of Education and training

x

x (in education system)

General Statistic Office (GSO)

x

Local level

Provincial health department and district hospital,

x

x

x

Commune health center

x

Provincial, district and commune People committee

x

x (some selected province)

x

x

Police, Courts

x

x

x

Provincial department of Culture (coordinator)

x

x

UN agencies

UNFPA

x

x

x

 x

x (some small scale projects)

WHO

x

x

Development partners

Danish Embassy,

x

x

Swiss Embassy

x

x

Spanish agency for international development and MDG achievement fund.

x (funded)

Civil society organisations

NGOs,/international NGOs

x

x

x (some small projects)

Vietnam women union/youth union/Vietnam father front

x

x

x

Mass media

x

x

x (dissemination workshop)

x

X

Users

Users (survivors, pepetrators, families and community)

 x

x