HumanTrafficking.org | Vietnam International Organization: International Organization for Migration (IOM)

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Vietnam

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Address

International Organization for Migration
Horison Hotel
40 Cat Linh Street, Ground FL
Dong Da District
Hanoi, Vietnam
Vietnam

Contact Information

If calling from Vietnam:

Tel: 04 736 6258
Fax: 04 736 6259

If calling from overseas:

Tel: +84 4 736 6258
Fax: +84 4 736 6259

Website

http://www.iom.int.vn

Email

hanoi@iom.int

Activities

IOM first began operations in Vietnam in 1987 and continues to operate under a Memorandum of Understanding with Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, signed in 1991. IOM's Mission in Vietnam is located in Hanoi and IOM maintains a sub-office in Ho Chi Minh City. IOM Vietnam currently has over 60 well-trained and experienced staff, dedicated to assisting the government and the people of Vietnam in the field of migration.

Key service areas in IOM Vietnam:

Counter-Trafficking
Labor Migration
Return & Re-integration
HIV AIDS & Mobile Populations

In 1998, IOM implemented a pilot "Anti-Trafficking Information Campaign" with the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU).

In 2000, IOM and the central VWU implemented a National Anti-Trafficking information Campaign in 14 selected provinces and cities of Vietnam. The campaign aims to inform the public about the danger of trafficking and raise awareness on the issue. In the same year, IOM began its participation in the organization's multi-year regional program for the Return and Reintegration Assistance to Trafficking Victims in 6 countries in the Mekong Sub-Region.

In 2004, IOM provided assistance to the VWU with capacity building in the prevention of trafficking in women and children, and to the Little Rose Shelter in Ho Chi Minh City with the reintegration of trafficked and vulnerable children.