Democratic Voice of Vietnam

Bringing the voice of Vietnam’s civil society to the world

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Category: Labor Rights & Trafficking

  • Forced labor used in Vietnam’s drug detention centers

    According to Human Rights Watch’s report titled The Rehab Archipelago, “Vietnam’s system of forced labor centers for people who use drugs has expanded over the last decade. In 2000, there were 56 drug detention centers across Vietnam; by early 2011 that number had risen to 123 centers. Between 2000 and 2010, over 309,000 people across…

  • Vietnam-China smuggling surges

    Financial Times May 29, 2012 6:35 pm By Ben Bland in Mong Cai Although it looks to be the easiest way to move goods across the narrow river that separates the Vietnamese city of Mong Cai from China, there is surprisingly little traffic on the official border bridge. Apart from a few Vietnamese tourists returning…

  • Hanoi shows no political will to fight human trafficking

    by Nguyen Dinh Thang, PhD The government of Vietnam has made clear that it does not have the political will to combat human trafficking. Rather, the Vietnamese government’s solution to trafficking problems is to: (1) attack the messengers who bring the bad news, (2) intimidate the trafficking victims and potential victims so that no further…