Viet Nam Human Rights
Vietnam steps up fight against human trafficking
27/8/17
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| Vietnamese victims were rescued in China |
Vietnam's police plan to
increase inspections to uncover human trafficking rings, focusing on
interprovincial and transnational criminals.
This is among measures
to be taken by Vietnam's
police as part of a plan on human trafficking prevention during the 2017-2020
period.
Police will also accelerate investigation and prosecution of
human trafficking cases, aiming to increase the number of cases being
prosecuted by at least two percent each year.
Police will work with ministries and agencies to fight human
trafficking, with a focus on human trafficking in all forms, including
foreigners or overseas Vietnamese pretending to be businessmen or tourists to
enter Vietnam
to traffic people.
Human trafficking hot spots
include road and railway routes linking Hanoi
to border provinces and international air routes.
Through investigation and
prosecution, police will find loopholes in current regulations and propose
changes to improve legal documents and policies.
The project also aims to diversify means of communications
and education and multiply effective prevention models in the community.
Le Khac Son, deputy director of Hanoi Police Department’s
Division of Criminal Investigation in Social Order, said at a recent conference
that human trafficking in the capital city has become a complicated issue.
The number of people coming to Hanoi from other
provinces to seek jobs keeps increasing, leading to a boom of establishments
doing “sensitive” business such as bars, restaurants, hotels, massage parlours
and karaoke bars. These factors aided the work of traffickers, he said.
The acceleration of
transport and trade between Vietnam
and China
as well as with other countries in the region also increased the risk of human
trafficking, he added.
In 2016 and the first quarter of 2017, authorities
nationwide uncovered 430 cases of human trafficking, involving 600 accused and
1,500 victims. Some 85 percent of the victims were to be sold to other
countries, mainly to China.
Most of the victims were uneducated women and children from
poor areas, including many from ethnic minority groups in Vietnam’s
northern highlands.
They were sold to men seeking wives in many countries such
as China, Malaysia and the Republic of Korea,
or to bear children or work as prostitutes in these countries.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc last year approved a
programme to tackle human trafficking in the 2016-2020 period.
The programme will be carried out across Vietnam as well as bordering countries such as Cambodia, Laos
and China
in accordance with domestic and international law.
It aims to enhance public awareness of fighting human
trafficking, step up the detection, investigation and prosecution of cases, as
well as protect and support victims.
The programme also hopes to improve legal documents and
policies on human trafficking prevention, while increasing co-operation with
other countries in implementing international commitments in the field
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Human trafficking is a crime and a grave violation of human rights.
Vietnam has been working closely with the international community to escalate the fight against human trafficking and improve human rights in general.
Women and girls are the primary victims of human trafficking.
education is the key to helping women and girls by equipping them with the means to protect themselves and the skills to be financially independent.
Spotlighted models and initiatives generated by the Vietnam Women’s Union to combat human trafficking, including the House of Peace model, which provides shelter, physical and psychological care, and support to rescued victims to help them resume a normal life as soon as possible.
Vietnam has introduced human rights education into curriculums, media channels, and community activities.
Preventing and combating human trafficking has been an important part of Vietnam’s fight against crime in recent years.
Vietnam has established a permanent agency tasked with preventing and combating human trafficking and has intensified its prosecuting and punishing of human trafficking crimes.
Social organizations and local communities have gotten actively involved in helping victims and combining the assistance with other activities, such as fighting social evils, vocational training, poverty reduction, and job creation.
Vietnam has also strengthened its cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies and police forces, mainly through Interpol and ASEANAPOL to fight against human trafficking.
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