She says that examples of people making it work certainly exist, but that far more of these relationships end in frustration and shattered dreams. The media in Taiwan and Vietnam are filled with stories of abused Vietnamese wives who flee back to Vietnam with their children. Vietnamese TV has even aired a DVD on the topic, sparking a backlash against the way brokered marriages "commodify" Vietnamese women.
於是，台灣人虐待越妻、越妻攜子倉皇逃回越南等負面訊息，在台越兩地頻傳，甚至被做成 DVD 在越南電視台播放，引發越南各界抨擊這種「商品化越南婦女」的買賣式婚姻。