Minister of Public Security Sen. Lt. Gen. Luong Tam Quang submitted the draft revised Law on Human Trafficking Prevention and Control to the National Assembly (NA) on June 7, saying the amendments are to ensure the law matches the international treaties to which Vietnam is a party.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Department of Drug Control and Crime Prevention of the Vietnam Border Guard on May 30 held a workshop to launch the “Training Curriculum on Counter-Trafficking and Victim Protection” and to wrap up the project “Frontline training for Border Guards in Border Areas of Vietnam”, funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) of the US Department of State.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India held their 9th Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crimes (SOMTC) in a virtual form on July 20, according to the Indian Foreign Ministry.