The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) helped organize an international conference to introduce a draft law on human trafficking prevention in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue from Dec 14-15. Through the Policy Implementation Assistance Project (PIAP), Canada has funded Vietnam dozens of millions of dollars to fight against human trafficking which is at an alarming rate in the Southeast Asian country. Vietnam busted 1,586 human trafficking cases during 2005-2010, involving in 2,888 traffickers, showed a report by the Ministry of Police at the conference. The victims were reported at 4,008 people including 3,000 women and 500 children in the period. Of them, 60% were trafficked to China, 11% brought to Cambodia and the rest to Laos, and Latin American countries. (Tuoi Tre – Youth Dec 15)
