Accordingly, on May 5, 2026, newspapers reported that the mother and "fake father" were arrested for repeatedly beating their 2-year-old child with multiple injuries.
People in Phu Lam hamlet, Hoa Hiep commune (old Ba Ria - Vung Tau) reported that a woman beat her young child in a rented house. When functional forces arrived, the child was in critical condition, covered with bruises and scratches; the head was torn, showing signs of lethargy and slow reaction.
The victim was immediately taken to the local hospital for emergency treatment, then urgently transferred to Children's Hospital 1 for intensive treatment...
To protect children's rights, strengthen the work of preventing and combating violence and child abuse, and minimize harm to children, the Department of Mothers and Children requests the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health to coordinate with relevant agencies to apply child protection measures according to regulations, promptly treat and restore the baby's health and report the results of the case to the Department of Mothers and Children (Address No. 35 Tran Phu, Ba Dinh, Hanoi City) according to regulations.
Immediately after receiving the information, the national child protection hotline 111 connected with the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Social Work - Vocational Education Center (Social Work Center) and connected to Hoa Hiep Commune People's Committee to request information verification and implementation of safety assurance measures and support, intervention for children according to the provisions of Decree No. 56/2017/ND-CP dated May 9, 2017 of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Children.
On the evening of May 5, the Investigation Police Agency of Ho Chi Minh City Police issued an emergency arrest warrant for Nguyen Thi Thanh Truc (33 years old) and Danh Chon (30 years old, both residing in Hoa Hiep commune) to investigate the act of "intentionally causing injury".
Truc and Chon were identified as the two people who seriously abused N.G. K. (born in 2024, Truc's biological child) and had to be hospitalized for emergency treatment.
According to the investigation, on the afternoon of May 2nd, Hoa Hiep Commune Police (Ho Chi Minh City) received a report from a resident about a woman beating her young child at a rented house in Phu Lam hamlet, Hoa Hiep commune. When functional forces arrived, K. was found in critical condition, with many bruises and scratches all over her body, a torn head, drowsiness, and slow reaction.
The victim was immediately taken to the local hospital for emergency treatment, then transferred to Children's Hospital 1 (HCMC) for further treatment.
At noon on May 6, exchanging with Lao Dong Newspaper about the health situation of the 2-year-old boy in the abuse case in Hoa Hiep commune, a representative of Children's Hospital 1 said that the child has passed the critical condition and is being treated in the General Surgery Department. Currently, the boy can live, eat and drink milk.
At the time of hospitalization and examination, the boy was diagnosed with multiple injuries, spleen contusion, liver, pancreatic rupture, kidney damage, left forearm fracture, chronic anemia, and blood clotting disorder.
