Joint efforts called for to support victims of human trafficking
The Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), the Ministry of Public Security, and Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee on July 28 held a ceremony to launch a campaign observing Vietnam's Day Against Human Trafficking and World Day Against Trafficking in Person on July 30 with the theme “Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind".
Quang Ninh (VNA)♛ – The Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), the Ministry of Public Security, and Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee onJuly 28 held a ceremony to launch a campaign observing Vietnam's Day AgainstHuman Trafficking and World Day Against Trafficking in Person on July 30 withthe theme “Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind".
The activity aims to reaffirm Vietnam’s commitment to humantrafficking prevention and control. Speaking at the event, VWU President Ha Thi Nga said that humantrafficking is a global problem. The number of victims of human traffickingdetected globally has decreased, especially in the Asia-Pacific region but thestructure of victims is changing. In 2004, men and boys accounted for 13% and 3% respectively ofthe total victims. By 2020, the percentages were 23% and 17%. In Vietnam, human traffickers make use of the Internet andsocial networks to lure victims with false promises like high paid jobs or marriages with rich people in other countries. According to statistics from the Ministry of Public Security, inVietnam, from the beginning of 2022 until now, the crime of human traffickingtends to increase, particularly cases relating to domestic trafficking and malevictims. From 2011 to 2020, domestic trafficking accounted for 15% of thetotal cases, and male victims accounted for 10%. From 2018 to the end of 2022,domestic trafficking accounted for 34%, male victims accounted for 27%.However, in 2022 and the first six months of 2023 alone, the ratios rose to over 40%. Lieutenant General Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Deputy Minister of PublicSecurity said that in the first half of this year, the authorities received andverified information of 114 people; identified 82 people as victims of trafficking, and supported65 victims. He said that to improve the effectiveness of human traffickingprevention and control, it is necessary to continue to closely follow the tasksand solutions set by the Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, theGovernment, and the relevant agencies. At the same time, authorities and localities need to focus onrenovating the forms and content of communication activities to raise people'sawareness about the methods and tricks of human traffickers. Functional agencies must strengthen state management and inspectionsin areas that are prone to human trafficking crimes, the deputy minister said, urging authorities and localities to take synchronoussolutions to prevent human trafficking, and support victims of humantrafficking./.
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The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), in collaboration with the Ambassadors of Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US to Vietnam, has produced a video to dispel misconceptions about human trafficking and to raise public awareness of this issue, as well as to call for more actions to protect the victims of the evil, on the occasion of the World Day Against Trafficking in Person (WDATIP) that falls on July 30.
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At the event. (Photo: VNA) 
