World Vision Launches Campaign on Trafficking Prevention in Yen Bai

Written by Le Viet Anh

World Vision in cooperation with local government has launched a campaign under the theme ‘Trafficking is a form of modern slavery’ in the northern Yen Bai province.

Attended at the launching ceremony were Colonel Le Van Chuong, Deputy chief of Steering Office on Crime and Drug Prevention under Ministry of Public Security, Mrs. Bui Thi Hoa, Vice president of Vietnam Women’s Union, Mrs. Ngo Thi Chinh, Deputy chairwoman of the People’s Committee of Yen Bai province, Heads of Departments of provinces and district in Yen Bai, and representatives from World Vision International in Vietnam. More than 1,000 people including students and the police participated in the ceremony.

Leaders of Vietnam Women’s Union and departments made speeches on current situation of trafficking and the necessity of coordination among relevant departments from central to local levels on raising awareness and preventing local people from the threat of being trafficked.

World Vision’s Regional Manager in Yen Bai, Giang Thi Thu Thuy, presented the organisation’s general programmes and its commitment on fighting with trafficking in the province.

A short play about acts, means and purposes of trafficking was performed at the ceremony, forming an effective communication session to the viewers.

After the launching, the participants signed to support for the campaign and participated in a parade around Yen Bai city.

The event held in Yen Bai is among activities of the big campaign, which is a joint initiative among the Vietnam Women’s Union, International organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP), the Save the Children, the End Trafficking in Persons (ETIP) programme and Advocacy Department of World Vision. The campaign will be oragnised in hot spots of trafficking annually, aiming to advocate the Vietnam Government to create a trafficking day in the country.

Trafficking is currently a kind of crime that is complicated and tends to increase on a global scale. The police discovered 2.100 trafficking cases from 2005-2010, with 3.800 crimes, and 5.000 victims trafficked in Vietnam, according to the report of Ministry of Public Security. Among them, 62 trafficking cases, 139 crimes and 144 trafficked victims were reported in Yen Bai.