Parade responds to National Day on Anti-Trafficking in Persons (Photo: VNA) Lang Son (VNA) – A meeting in response to the NationalDay on Anti-Trafficking in Persons took place in the northern border provinceof Lang Son on July 30.
Speaking at the event, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Women’sUnion (VWU) Nguyen Thi Thu Ha said the VWU has actively raised public awarenessof human trafficking prevention and provided comprehensive support for victimsvia the establishment of the Peace House in 2007.
The VWU has also chosen 2019 as the Safety Year for Womenand Children with an aim to encourage each individual, woman and child to joinhands for a safe society, she said.
Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Quy Vuong said the policeare working closely with border guards and agencies concerned to crack down onhuman trafficking nationwide from July 1 to September 30.
The Ministry of Public Security reported that over 1,000human trafficking cases were discovered from 2016 to June 2019, with nearly 1,500culprits and over 2,600 victims, 892 of them sold to China, accounting for 84.2percent, mostly those in Chinese-bordering provinces of Lao Cai, Ha Giang, DienBien and Quang Ninh.
On the occasion, the VWU Central Committee, the ministry andthe provincial People’s Committee presented gifts to 10 victims who returned home.
Following the meeting, delegates signed a human traffickingpreventing agreement and joined a parade in Lang Son city to call on the peopleto respond to the day.
A thematic seminar and a photo exhibition were also held onthe occasion.-VNA
Speaking at the event, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Women’sUnion (VWU) Nguyen Thi Thu Ha said the VWU has actively raised public awarenessof human trafficking prevention and provided comprehensive support for victimsvia the establishment of the Peace House in 2007.
The VWU has also chosen 2019 as the Safety Year for Womenand Children with an aim to encourage each individual, woman and child to joinhands for a safe society, she said.
Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Quy Vuong said the policeare working closely with border guards and agencies concerned to crack down onhuman trafficking nationwide from July 1 to September 30.
The Ministry of Public Security reported that over 1,000human trafficking cases were discovered from 2016 to June 2019, with nearly 1,500culprits and over 2,600 victims, 892 of them sold to China, accounting for 84.2percent, mostly those in Chinese-bordering provinces of Lao Cai, Ha Giang, DienBien and Quang Ninh.
On the occasion, the VWU Central Committee, the ministry andthe provincial People’s Committee presented gifts to 10 victims who returned home.
Following the meeting, delegates signed a human traffickingpreventing agreement and joined a parade in Lang Son city to call on the peopleto respond to the day.
A thematic seminar and a photo exhibition were also held onthe occasion.-VNA
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