Vietnam, Laos combat human trafficking
Concrete measures to combat human
trafficking and provide assistance for its victims topped the agenda of a
workshop between Vietnam and Laos on March 30 and 31.
Concrete measures to combat human
trafficking and provide assistance for its victims topped the agenda of a
workshop between Vietnam and Laos on March 30 and 31.
An agreement on human trafficking between the two governments has also been drafted at the event. It is expected to be signed by the end of this year.
The Vietnamese delegation to the workshop, which was held in the Lao capital of Vientiane, was headed by major-general Vu Hung Vuong, deputy head of the Crime Prevention General Department under the Ministry of Public Security, and the Lao delegation was led by Thummali Vongphachan, Chief of the Secretariat of the Laos National Steering Committee on Human Trafficking.
Addressing the ceremony, Vu Hung Vuong underlined the adverse impacts of human trafficking on people, especially women and children.
He also called on the two countries’ high-ranking committees and other relevant ministries and agencies to closely cooperate in the combat against human traffickers, especially those operating across borders, and providing aid for the victims./.
An agreement on human trafficking between the two governments has also been drafted at the event. It is expected to be signed by the end of this year.
The Vietnamese delegation to the workshop, which was held in the Lao capital of Vientiane, was headed by major-general Vu Hung Vuong, deputy head of the Crime Prevention General Department under the Ministry of Public Security, and the Lao delegation was led by Thummali Vongphachan, Chief of the Secretariat of the Laos National Steering Committee on Human Trafficking.
Addressing the ceremony, Vu Hung Vuong underlined the adverse impacts of human trafficking on people, especially women and children.
He also called on the two countries’ high-ranking committees and other relevant ministries and agencies to closely cooperate in the combat against human traffickers, especially those operating across borders, and providing aid for the victims./.
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