A draft regulation on providing public services for victims of human trafficking was discussed at a two-day workshop in HCM City on August 3.
Officials from 14 southern and central provinces as well as domestic and foreign organisations attended the meeting.
The draft regulation outlines the responsibilities of State agencies, domestic and foreign organisations as well as individuals, according to Dr Le Thi Ha, deputy head of the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs' Social Evils Prevention Department.
Services for trafficked victims who return to the country include legal assistance, health care, vocational training, job creation and loan assistance, Ha said.
Because a law on trafficking in women and children has not been enacted, the new regulation would serve as a legal foundation to ensure the victims' rights and their minimum needs.
Officials and staff in pilot cities and provinces in the Mekong Delta will review a handbook explaining the regulation so that further adjustment of the draft can be made before it is submitted for approval.
As of May 3, 190 trafficked women and children had returned to the country from abroad.
Forty percent of them had been rescued and handed over to authorities, and the remaining returned on their own, according to a report from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
Of that figure, more than 2,500 returnees have received psychological and healthcare assistance and more than 1,000 other returnees have received financial and vocational-training assistance, funded from the State budget.
For the 2011-15 period, the ministry has set a target that 80 percent of repatriated trafficked victims will receive assistance to help them reintegrate into society./.
Officials from 14 southern and central provinces as well as domestic and foreign organisations attended the meeting.
The draft regulation outlines the responsibilities of State agencies, domestic and foreign organisations as well as individuals, according to Dr Le Thi Ha, deputy head of the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs' Social Evils Prevention Department.
Services for trafficked victims who return to the country include legal assistance, health care, vocational training, job creation and loan assistance, Ha said.
Because a law on trafficking in women and children has not been enacted, the new regulation would serve as a legal foundation to ensure the victims' rights and their minimum needs.
Officials and staff in pilot cities and provinces in the Mekong Delta will review a handbook explaining the regulation so that further adjustment of the draft can be made before it is submitted for approval.
As of May 3, 190 trafficked women and children had returned to the country from abroad.
Forty percent of them had been rescued and handed over to authorities, and the remaining returned on their own, according to a report from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
Of that figure, more than 2,500 returnees have received psychological and healthcare assistance and more than 1,000 other returnees have received financial and vocational-training assistance, funded from the State budget.
For the 2011-15 period, the ministry has set a target that 80 percent of repatriated trafficked victims will receive assistance to help them reintegrate into society./.
