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Escaping a fate that's worse than death

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vang Thi D, a 17-year-old schoolgirl, fell in love with a man named Tu that she met on Facebook.

New rules on human trafficking a step forward

A new human trafficking section in the Penal Code was drafted to comply with protocol on those crimes laid out in international conventions. Officials spoke about the changes, and if the country will incorporate them.

Social News 4/9

 Int'l police gather to fight human trafficking; Medical devices lack oversight; Vietnamese workers in Belarus struggle to survive; Graduates fall into Japanese labour export trap

Dozens of boats swept away by heavy flood in Red River

As many as 20 boats and ships were inundated by a heavy flood which hit Bat Xat district, north-western Lao Cai province on July 14, causing estimated property losses of VND8 billion.

JICA sponsors hotline to fight human trafficking

 An anti-human trafficking hotline sponsored by the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) will open next week in An Giang Province, which shares a 100-kilmetre long border with Cambodia.

Social News Headlines 14/5

 Rare species released into Tram Chim National Park; Contraband seized at Tan Son Nhat airport; UN project combats human trafficking in Southeast Asia; Fishermen determined to continue fishing in Hoang Sa waters

For child sex abuse victims, the trauma lingers on

 VietNamNet Bridge – It's 5am and people are still sleeping, but Nguyen Thi Nga (not her real name) gets up and prepares lunch to take with her to work at a tailor's shop in Ha Noi's Quan Su Street. She has been employed there for nearly a year.

Vietnam, Israel ink security cooperation deals

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security and Israel’s Ministry of Defence have announced the recent signing of two important cooperation agreements pertaining to inland security and protection of confidential information.

Human trafficking problem in Nghe An

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of women and children in several districts of Nghe An Province are victims of human trafficking, but authorities seem ill-equipped to deal with the situation.

Crime rates, gang violence show steady rise in 2013

 VietNamNet Bridge – Criminal activity rose in 2013 driven by increases in cases relating to drugs, human trafficking and social evils, according to a recent report on public security.

Malaysian charged for human trafficking

VietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Court of the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on August 20 sentenced Farid Bin Abdullah, a Malaysian, to 16 years in prison for his involvement in a cross-border human trafficking case.

Heart-breaking stories of trafficked women told

VietNamNet Bridge – Many heart-breaking stories of trafficked women are being recited at Peaceful Place exhibition currently being held at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum by Center for Women and Development

Two women rescued from human traffickers

 VietNamNet Bridge – The police of Mong Cai City of Quang Ninh Province on June 26 rescued two Hre women who were being trafficked to China and sent them back home in Quang Ngai.

GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 16/5

 President Sang praises youngsters' good deeds; Viet Nam condemns fatal bombing attacks in Turkey; VN supports Si Lanka’s aquaculture development; Thailand naval ship visits HCM City

A series of women go missing in one village

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 100 H’mong girls in Pho village, Bac Ha district, Lao Cai province have mysteriously disappeared. It is suspected that they were trafficked to China. Even children of local officials also went missing.