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5.6 % of Vietnam children face risk of human trafficking

Ta Ngoc Van, Chief Lawyer at a Hanoi-based charity organisation that rescues women and children in crisis, has been named in the 2019 Class of Asia 39 Young Leaders by the Asia Society from the US.

About 5.6 percent of Vietnamese children are at risk of trafficking, and only 2.8 percent of them confirmed they were victims of human trafficking, according to the latest research announced on August 13 by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs’ Institute of Labour and Social Affairs (ILSA) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam.

Border guards in the central province of Nghe An on August 11 arrested a man suspected of running a human trafficking ring that sells women abroad.

Australia has pledged 55 million USD to fight human trafficking in Southeast Asia, vowing to tackle "modern slavery" across the region.

A meeting in response to National Day on Anti-Trafficking in Persons took place in the northern border province of Lang Son on July 30.

The British Embassy in Vietnam launched a campaign to raise public awareness on the danger of human trafficking in Hanoi on July 30 on the occasion of World Day against Trafficking in Persons (July 30).

Malaysian police have arrested four foreigners on suspicion of being involved in militant groups, Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador said on July 9.

Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha has called on all sides to step up their efforts to end human trafficking.

Human trafficking and child abuse have recently occurred with new tricks and methods and competent agencies have accelerated the crackdown on the crimes.

A refresher course was held in the northern border province of Lang Son on May 25 on the fight against human trafficking, with the participation of representatives of 17 provinces and cities, and units of the Border Guards.

Police of Quynh Nhai district in the northwestern province of Son La on April 9 announced they just arrested two people for trafficking a girl to China.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently issued a plan for the implementation of a memorandum of understanding on anti-human trafficking cooperation signed between the Vietnamese Government and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in late 2018.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said the establishment of the Vietnam-Brunei comprehensive partnership will open up new chapters for the bilateral relations.

Human trafficking has long been such a great fear for all people in the Northwest region that everyone has a story to tell.

A conference was held in the northern border province of Ha Giang on March 8 to launch a human trafficking prevention and control project.

The cabinet approved an agreement between the governments of Thailand and Myanmar to suppress human trafficking and eliminate the trafficking at organisational level effectively and in timely manner.

The Ministry of Public Security has directed local-level police agencies to intensify their struggle against the trading of babies.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) joined the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to launch the second phase (2019-2021) of a JICA-funded hotline project on curbing human trafficking in Vietnam on December 14.

Nearly 7,500 victims of human trafficking were rescued by competent agencies between 2012 and 2017, and all of them have received support to reintegrate into the community, heard a workshop in Hanoi on December 12. ​