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VIII. HUMAN TRAFFICKING <br />In March 2011, after much international <br />prodding and pressure, the Vietnamese <br />National Assembly passed the Law on <br />Prevention, Suppression Against Human <br />Trafficking. At the same time, Premier <br />Nguyen Tan Dung signed a decision in <br />August 2011 for a 5 -year anti -human <br />trafficking program, to be carried out from <br />2011 to 2015, with an estimated funding of <br />270 billion longs (roughly 13 million US <br />dollars). Nonetheless, the human trafficking <br />problem in Vietnam kept becoming <br />increasingly serious, instead of being <br />ameliorated. <br />In a related seminar held by the Hanoi <br />Justice Office on 23 December 2011, <br />Lieutenant Colonel Duong Van Giap, <br />Deputy Head of the Criminal Police Service <br />of Hanoi, admitted that human trafficking <br />cases kept mounting in a rather complex <br />fashion.22 <br />The U.S. 2011 Annual Report on <br />International Human Trafficking continued <br />to put Vietnam on List 2 for follow -up, as in <br />2010. This meant that within one year, <br />Vietnam would, without improvement, be <br />placed on List 3 with a possible risk of US <br />sanctions. <br />Current human trafficking cases involve <br />three main types of victims: young women <br />and girls lured to serve as "sex slaves" in <br />Vietnam or in neighboring countries; <br />"brides" sent to foreign countries; and export <br />workers or workers abducted for export <br />abroad. Notably, many Vietnamese newborn <br />zz Phap luat Xa hoi, Tho bien phap luat ve phong, <br />chong mua ban ngLxai ", <br />http: / /phapl uatxahoi.vn/20111224110715269pl 002c <br />1022 /phai- tap - trung -vao -n hom -doi- tuong -co -ng uy- <br />co- cao.htm (accessed 26 Dec 2011). <br />Vietnam Human Rights Network * Annual Report 2011 <br />children have recently been sold across the <br />border to China, allegedly to meet the need <br />for boys in Chinese families against their <br />government's family planning policy. <br />1. Women and Children Tricked into <br />Becoming Sex Slaves <br />According to the statistics issued by Vietnam <br />Ministry of Public Security, after six years of <br />implementation of the anti -human trafficking <br />program, from 2004 to 2010, there were <br />nationwide some 1,950 trafficking cases <br />involving women and children carried out by <br />3,540 suspects and involving 4,800 <br />victims.23 Actually, the number of victims <br />may be several times higher than that. <br />The main and direct cause of Vietnamese <br />women and children being tricked into <br />becoming sex slaves both in and out of <br />Vietnam was poverty, a consequence of the <br />unjust social policies created by the red <br />capitalists. This sad situation has expanded <br />significantly after Vietnam chose to follow <br />the open trade system which allowed for <br />thieves and suitable conditions for villains to <br />carry out their illegal activities. Their <br />victims, sometimes even girls under 10 years <br />of age, were either tricked by rogues or sold <br />by their own destitute parents who were <br />forced to do so in a desperate attempt to <br />relieve their poverty. They were mostly <br />given sweet promises of high -waged jobs <br />abroad. Some were issued legal exit papers <br />while others were discreetly led through <br />forests to China or Cambodia or kept in <br />containers crossing the borders. <br />In 2011, the trend of women and children <br />trafficking reached an increase of 70% in <br />zs Cong an TP Ho Chi Minh (People's Public Security <br />of Ho Chi Minh City online), "4.800 ngLxai la nan <br />nhan cua nan buon ban phu nix- tre em ". <br />http://www.congan.com.vn/?mod=detnews&catid=68 <br />1 &id= 197416 (accessed 28 Dec 2011). <br />28 <br />