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Inter-Agency Effort in Vietnam Provides a Boost to Anti-Trafficking Efforts

The Asia Foundation and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has provided almost US$40,000 to the fight against women and children trafficking in the Mekong delta province of An Giang.

The project, carried out by the provincial Women's Union, focuses on 12 border communes from now until to 2009. The union has provided loans, worth 1 million VND each, to 840 women in order to set up business and production.

In addition, it mobilised more than 11,400 others to take part in clubs where they are informed of the Party and State's policies and information about human trafficking through the border at their monthly meetings. The union has also distributed 12,000 leaflets to women, children and students for whom it cannot organise clubs on the issue.  An Giang police has so far this year detected 35 cases of women trafficking which helped release 93 victims.

Adapted from: "Mekong delta province boosts fighting trafficking of women." Vietnam News Agency. 10 October 2006.