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People in Dien Bien province's Muong Nhe district are told about human anti-trafficking
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Also joining the video is one of the most influential key opinion leaders in Vietnam, former Miss Universe Vietnam, and Top 5 Miss Universe worldwide in 2018 H'hen Nie who has 1.9 million followers on Facebook and 100,000 followers on Instagram. It aims to amplify the message among the younger generation.
The theme of WDATIP this year is "Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind".
In the clip, ambassadors, the head of the IOM Delegation, and H’hen Nie emphasised that human trafficking happens all around us every day.
To effectively prevent the evil, it is important to have a correct and comprehensive awareness of the problem, as well as to look at human trafficking from different lenses and understand its impact. The influencers also call on public for taking the matter to individuals, recognise the signs, and notify authorities if someone witness others or find themselves in danger.
In Vietnam, there are some misconceptions such as only women and girls experience human trafficking; human trafficking does not happen online; climate change is not related to human trafficking; human trafficking only involves moving, traveling, or transporting a person across state or national borders; or traffickers only target victims they don’t know.
In response to WDATIP, the ambassadors, the head of the IOM Delegation, and H'hen Nie delivered the joint message “A human being is not a commodity. Every human is a gift” to call on the community to work together and raise your voices to combat human trafficking and empower every victim to build back their lives and reach their full potential.
According to a report by the Ministry of Public Security, the purpose of the crime was sexual exploitation, forced labor, taking body parts of victims, and other inhumane purposes. It also shows that the number of male victims of human trafficking has increased alarmingly.
The Government of Vietnam has emphasized that human trafficking crimes have become complicated and increasingly severe, with criminals’ tactics becoming more complex and harder to tackle, including using encrypted messaging apps and large-scale operations managed by transnational criminal groups.
In the past few years, Vietnam has been making significant efforts to create a transparent migration environment, protect the legal rights and interests of migrants, and take action against human trafficking. In the implementation of the third National Human Trafficking Prevention and Control Programme for 2021-2025, with a vision for 2030, the Government includes new solutions and tasks to prevent and fight human trafficking in all areas, including improving its capacity for investigations, prosecuting, and convicting more traffickers, increasing international law enforcement cooperation, and initiating criminal proceedings against allegedly complicit officials./.