Violence against children within the family is one of the most common forms of child
maltreatment. We used data from the 2011 Vietnam MICS to examine association between
the violent disciplinary practices and socio-demographic factors among Vietnamese
mothers/primary care givers. The prevalence of violent disciplinary practices among
mothers/primary caregivers was 72.9%. Older women (AOR 0.7, 95% CI 0.5-0.9), having
higher education (AOR 0.7, 95% CI 0.6-0.9), belonging to richest quintile (AOR 0.7, 95%
CI 0.5-0.9) were less likely to have violent disciplinary practices. Other factors were likely
associated with higher violent disciplinary practices included having 2 or 3 or more
children, and negative attitudes towards partner violence. Importantly, women who had
negative attitudes towards violent discipline were more than three times more likely to have
violent disciplinary practices. Developing strategies that include the above interventions
could play a crucial role in achieving the decrease violent disciplinary practices in
Vietnamese caregivers.