Dang Thi Hong Loan is holding her passport that was torn into pieces by her South Korean husband during a quarrel. Photo: Tuoi Tre

The South Korean Consulate and the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ho Chi Minh City presented the money to those people on Friday.

In addition, the South Korean Consulate in HCMC promised to create favorable conditions for those Vietnamese brides to promptly complete divorce procedures.

According to the Can Tho Women’s Union , the city recorded 25 brides returning home from broken marriages with South Korean men due to differences in language, customs and culture or being maltreated.

Can Tho city reported nearly 6,300 marriages with foreigners, 60 percent of them being South Korean citizens.

In future, the Can Tho Women’s Union will coordinate with the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family of the South Korea to organize training courses on culture, customs and living skills for migrant brides in order to help them build happy and equal marriages.