Int'l cooperation key to curbing human trafficking
International cooperation key to curbing human trafficking
The UK Embassy in Vietnam and the UN Action for Cooperation Against Trafficking in Persons organised a conference on human trafficking and modern slavery in the central city of Da Nang on March 29.
Scene at the conference (Photo: Facebook UKinVietnam)
Da Nang (VNA) – The UK Embassy inVietnam and the UN Action for Cooperation Against Trafficking in Personsorganised a conference on human trafficking and modern slavery in the centralcity of Da Nang on March 29.
The event gathered the participation ofnearly 100 representatives from State agencies, international organisations,non-governmental groups and diplomatic missions.
Addressing the conference, UK Home OfficeSenior Officer Responsible for Vietnam Dave Pennant said the UK Embassy inVietnam has been closely collaborating with the local ministries of PublicSecurity and Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in combating human traffickingand helping victims re-integrate into society.
Pennant praised efforts made by all sidesinvolved, stressing that the UK Government wants to work with the VietnameseGovernment and international organisations to eradicate the crime.
Major Pham Mai Hien from the Ministry ofPublic Security reported that Vietnam discovered over 2,000 human traffickingcases involving 3,200 traffickers, and nearly 4,000 victims between 2011 andnow.
He said the unbalanced sex ratio and labourshortage in countries that share borderlines with Vietnam are among causes ofthe issue.
Talking about Vietnam’s effort in fightingthe crime, he noted that the country has ratified the United Nations’Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and Protocol to Prevent,Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, as well as taken part in the ASEANaction plan and convention on human trafficking prevention.
Vietnam has also implemented severalcommunications campaigns to raise public awareness on the matter and set up ahotline on human trafficking, Hien added.
Established in 2014, the UN Action forCooperation Against Trafficking in Persons aims to ensure a coordinatedapproach to more strategically and effectively combat trafficking in persons inthe Greater Mekong Sub-region and beyond.-VNA
The ASEAN Secretariat has announced a new programme of work to strengthen close coordination between the Australia-Asia Programme to Combat Trafficking in Persons (AAPTIP) and ASEAN member countries and the Secretariat.
Vietnam has recorded an increase in the number of victims of human trafficking while the number of criminals committed human trafficking brought to light did not rise over the last five years.
Education and training play an important role in raising public awareness of human trafficking, heard a seminar on educating women and girls about human trafficking in Geneva on September 27.
Officials and police from Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia met in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on October 18 to discuss cooperation in fighting human trafficking and labour exploitation.
The programmes have brought about positive changes to rural infrastructure, comprehensively improved the material and spiritual lives of farmers, and contributed to Vietnam's economic restructuring, said PM Pham Minh Chinh.
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PM Pham Minh Chinh highlighted how Vietnam's revolutionary press has continuously evolved and strengthened over the past century, affirming its role as a sharp and vital political, cultural, and ideological weapon serving the Fatherland and the people in the glorious revolutionary cause of the Party.
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In Vietnam’s case, she said, President Ho Chi Minh demonstrated his strategic vision by founding the revolutionary press a century ago. The late leader understood the press's role not only as a means to reflect the country’s realities but also as a powerful tool to strengthen national unity and inspire the resistance wars and national construction process.
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The strategic product, managed and operated by the Vietnam News Agency Digital Media Centre (VNA Media), is an official channel for popularising the Party and State’s information and documents as well as delivering mainstream and trustworthy news to both domestic and international audiences through various kinds of multimedia formats.
Since President Ho Chi Minh founded Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper in 1925, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has become the voice of the people. During the resistance war against the colonialists, journalists took great personal risks to inspire patriotism and the will of rising up against foreign invaders.
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Scene at the conference (Photo: Facebook UKinVietnam) 
