By Long Nguyen July 4, 2020 | 08:00 am GMT+7 VNexpress

Issues of dependency and lack of support leave many elderly citizens exposed to mistreatment by those charged with their care.
At 88, Vo Thi Dung, from southern Tien Giang Province, can no longer walk unassisted and suffers from dementia. Bed-ridden, she is being beaten and slapped by her 57-year-old daughter-in-law.
Several steps away, her son, 56, eventually joins in the violence.