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Vietnam uncovers 400 human trafficking cases each year

Vietnam has seen an average of 400 human trafficking cases each year, involving around 1,000 victims and 600 traffickers, said an official.
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Vietnam uncovers 400 human trafficking cases each year ảnh 1The Chinese border guard force hands over a human trafficker to the Vietnamese border guard force. (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has seen an average of 400human trafficking cases each year, involving around 1,000 victims and 600traffickers, said an official.

Dinh Van Trinh, deputy head of the anti-human traffickingoffice under the Ministry of Public Security, announced the figures at aconference in Hanoi on July 30. The conference was co-organised by the InternationalOrganisation for Migration (IOM) in Vietnam and the US Embassy in Hanoi to reviewthe implementation of Vietnam’s national action plan on the prevention andcontrol of human trafficking for the 2016-2018 period. Representatives ofrelevant local public agencies, the UN, and international organisationsparticipated in the function.

Trinh highlighted that 90 percent of the victims are womenand girls, aged between 15 and 30.

According to the police officer, traffickers often usesocial networks and messaging apps like Facebook, Zalo, or Viber to approachand deceive their targets, mostly teen girls with disadvantaged backgrounds andlow levels of education. The most common deceptions used involve telling targetsthat they will be helped to get high-income jobs or marriages to foreigners.Some of the deceived are then trafficked overseas to engage in prostitution orillegal marriages. Others, brought from rural or remote areas to cities, mines,or illegal workshops, are forced to work as prostitutes or perform intensivework.

He said concerted efforts among public agencies, socialorganisations, and grassroots communities are needed to improve theeffectiveness of anti-human trafficking work. 

At the function, Pham Mai Hien, a representative from theMinistry of Public Security, introduced the programme on the prevention andcontrol o human trafficking for the 2016-2020 period (Programme 130/CP).

She said it includes five sub-projects on campaigns to raisepublic awareness, fight human trafficking crimes, support victims, completrlegal framework, monitor the enforcement of related law and regulations, and maintaininternational cooperation. –VNA  
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