Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Hanoi(VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has given the green light to a plan onthe implementation of the ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons(ACTIP), especially women and children.
The plan sets agoal for Vietnam to boost international cooperation and fulfil its responsibilityas an ASEAN member state in anti-human trafficking efforts.
Ministries,sectors, and localities are in charge of carrying out communications campaigns onthe content of the ACTIP and legal documents on trafficking prevention andcontrol.
They are also taskedwith incorporating the ACTIP into national and local laws and regulations.Increasing international cooperation, protecting victims, and cracking down onthe vice are also key missions.
The plan is toimprove the effectiveness of the receipt, verification, and identification ofvictims of trafficking and to implement measures to protect the safety ofvictims and their families, whose information will be kept confidential inaccordance with the law, among others assignments.
Related agenciesand sectors also have responsibility for making laws and enforcing legalregulations on quickly rescuing, protecting, repatriating, and rehabilitatingvictims, while building programmes to ensure their livelihoods andrehabilitation.
Such responsibilityalso covers increasing efforts to investigate and prosecute traffickers,especially organised rings, and applying discipline commensurate with thenature and severity of this crime./.
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