US embassy cable - 04HANOI2921

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 10 HANOI 002921 
 
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STATE FOR G/TIP, G, INL, DRL, PRM, IWI, EAP/BCLTV, EAP/RSP 
STATE PASS TO USAID 
 
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TAGS: KCRM, PHUM, KWMN, ELAB, SMIG, VM, OMIG, TIP 
SUBJECT:  VIETNAM ISSUES NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION ON TIP 
 
1. (U) Summary: Vietnam has come up with the long-awaited 
national action plan on trafficking in persons.  The plan 
focuses on the 2004-2010 period and addresses the major 
elements of prevention, prosecution and protection.  It 
identifies the deficiencies in the current approach and the 
challenges and constraints facing the GVN as it wrestles 
with the trafficking problem.  The plan provides specific 
roles for each interested agency under the overall direction 
of MPS, but does not provide specific information on funding 
amounts or sources.  A rough translation provided by UNICEF 
is attached to the end of this message.  End Summary. 
 
2. (U) Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem signed Prime 
Ministerial Decision 130/2004 establishing a national plan 
of action to combat trafficking in persons, analyzing the 
TIP problem in Vietnam and assigning primary responsibility 
for the plan to the Ministry of Public Security.  The plan, 
which became effective August 8, 2004, grew out of DPM 
Khiem's September 2003 nationwide interministerial meeting 
on trafficking. 
 
AN HONEST LOOK AT VIETNAM'S FLAWS 
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3. (U) The introductory sections of the plan deal frankly 
with the trafficking problem in Vietnam.  The document 
criticizes Vietnam for lacking a comprehensive program of 
action; for having a weak legal framework dealing with 
trafficking; for having an inadequate system of 
communication and education on the dangers of trafficking; 
and for limitations and lack of capacity in virtually all 
sectors of society dealing with trafficking, including 
business and the service sector, labor management, 
entry/exit management, marriage administration, adoption 
involving foreigners and border control.  The report credits 
the GVN with some successes, notably in helping returned 
victims reintegrate and in the commitment GVN agencies have 
shown towards trafficking activities. 
 
4. (U) The report also takes an unflinching look at the 
challenges and constraints Vietnam faces in combating 
trafficking.  It specifically cites the phenomenon of 
victims who fear discrimination and thus do not wish to come 
forward; the limited achievements so far in developing and 
implementing regional and international anti-trafficking 
strategies; the lack of interagency coordination in anti- 
trafficking efforts; the passivity of Vietnamese law 
enforcement in making trafficking cases only based on 
complaints rather than on proactive investigation; and the 
lack of trained, educated staff at all levels. 
 
5. (U) The action plan lays out a program of awareness 
raising and capacity building that focuses on four main 
projects: education and communication in local communities; 
enforcement and prevention activities targeting traffickers; 
support for returned trafficking victims; and strengthening 
the legal framework to combat trafficking.  Individual 
agencies (the Vietnam Women's Union, the Ministry of 
Defense's Border Army, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and 
Social Affairs (MOLISA) and the Ministry of Justice, 
respectively) are tasked with heading up these projects 
under the overall supervision of the Ministry of Public 
Security, which will also chair an Executive Board to 
oversee execution of the National Plan.  The 
responsibilities of each agency are laid out specifically in 
the plan. 
 
6. (U) Funding for the projects in the plan is unspecific. 
The plan says that sources will include the State budget, 
local budgets and "other sources inside and outside the 
community," to include international donors.  The plan does 
not specify amounts. 
 
7. (SBU) COMMENT: The plan is a good one and addresses all 
of the main weaknesses in the GVN's current anti-trafficking 
methodology, with the exception of official corruption, 
which is a macro-level problem beyond the scope of a 
functionally specific action plan.  International 
Organizations, including UNICEF, had input into the plan's 
drafting, and they have expressed satisfaction with it as 
currently written.  We will be watching the plan's 
implementation with interest, particularly the funding 
contributed by each of the participating agencies and the 
frequency of and attendance at the Executive Board meetings. 
In addition, Nongovernmental Organizations (such as the Asia 
Foundation) and international organizations (such as UNICEF 
and UNODC) will use the action plan to structure their 
proposed interventions.  This will allow them to streamline 
the normally cumbersome official project approval process. 
End Comment. 
BEGIN VERBATIM UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF GOVERNMENT DECISION 
APPROVING ACTION PLAN (courtesy UNICEF): 
 
 
Government Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
 
Independence-Freedom-happiness 
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Decision of the Government on approval of the national 
program of action against trafficking in women and children 
from 2004-2010. 
 
 
The Vice -Prime Minister 
Based on the Organization Laws of the Gov on 25 /12/2001 
Based on the Decree 09/1998/NQ-CP on 31 July 1998 of the 
Government on strengthening prevention of the crime in new 
situation. 
Based on request of the MPS 
 
DECISION 
 
Article 1: Approval the National Plan of action against 
trafficking in women and children from 2004-2010 with the 
following components: 
 
1/General objective 
To create changes in awareness and action of different 
levels, departments and the whole society on prevention and 
combating against trafficking of women and children in order 
to prevent and basically reduce the number of trafficked 
women and children by 2010. 
 
2/ Major projects of the Program: 
a/ project 1 : Education communication in community on 
prevention, protection of trafficking in women and children 
b/ Project 2: Fighting against trafficking in women and 
children 
c/ Project 3: Receiving and supporting returned trafficked 
women and children 
d/ project 4: Build and complete laws related to trafficking 
prevention. 
 
3/ Implementation and fund for the Program: 
- The MPS will be a leading agency and coordinating with 
related ministries, and People's Committees of all provinces 
- Funding for the Program: 
+ From the Government sources (from the central and local 
sources) 
+ From mobilization funds from international and national 
sources 
 
Article 2: This Decree will be effective 15 days after 
publicizing 
 
Article 3: The Minister of MPS will be in charge of 
monitoring and supervision of the implementation 
 
All Ministers, ministry leaders, Chairpersons of all 
provinces have responsibilities to implement this decree. 
 
Deputy Prime Minister 
Pham Gia Khiem 
 
END VERBATIM UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF GOVERNMENT DECISION 
APPROVING ACTION PLAN. 
 
BEGIN VERBATIM UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION OF ACTION PLAN 
(courtesy UNICEF): 
 
Government 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
 
Independence-Freedom-happiness 
------------------------------ 
 
 
Programme of Action 
on preventing and combating traffickers of women and 
children in the 2004-2010 period 
(Promulgated together with Decision No:____ /QD-TTg 
dated --- ---- 2003 of the Prime Minister) 
 
Part I 
The situation of trafficking of women and children and 
achievements in prevention works. 
 
The situation of trafficking of women and children. 
 
Situation: In the recent years, especially since the 
transformation of its economy into market-oriented 
mechanism, the situation of trafficking, especially 
trafficking of women and children, to other countries has 
become more and more complicated, serious and tended to 
increase. According to informal statistics, there have been 
ten thousands of Vietnamese women and children trafficked up 
to now, mainly to China, Cambodia, and some other countries. 
Trafficked women and children end up to prostitution or 
working in worst conditions and have to suffer 
discrimination. Trafficking of women and children has been 
becoming an urgent, topical and pressing problem badly 
affecting society, customs, tradition, social morals, and 
laws and sabotaging and taking away happiness of many 
families, posing threats upon future generations, increasing 
the risks of transmitting HIV/AIDS, resulting bad 
implications in national security and social law and order. 
 
Cause: 
Objective cause: 
In the context of market economy and international economic 
integration, many socio-economic problems has been arising, 
specifically poor and rich polarization, extreme living 
conditions of rural and remote people, increasing 
unemployment, low level of knowledge and cultural life, many 
women and children in especially difficult circumstances 
attempting to seek new opportunities in urban areas or 
abroad. Furthermore, Bad (sexual) values inflow  from 
outside sources that creates enable environment for the 
development of social evils, including trafficking of women 
and children to other countries ending up to prostitution, 
internal criminals in complicated cooperation with 
international criminals take this as an advantage for their 
illegal practices. 
 
Subjective cause: 
There has been limited in awareness of the seriousness, 
needs and responsibilities for the prevention of trafficking 
of women and children among Party subordinates and 
authorities. Up to now, a comprehensive and feasible program 
(or proposal) has not been established on the prevention, 
combating of traffickers of women and children to other 
countries. 
 
Legal framework dealing with this crime in many countries as 
well as in Vietnam has not been strengthened and 
synchronized. The cooperation among law enforcement bodies, 
relevant organizations nationally and internationally in 
combating this crime is still fragile, there are a lot of 
difficulties, inadequacies in investigation, inspection and 
handling criminals, with low warning efficiencies. There is 
still limited and ineffective collaboration in term of 
criminal legislation, especially in information sharing, 
handling and extraditing criminals. These factors impose 
limitations over combating work against criminal. 
 
Communication and education on the prevention of traffickers 
of women and children and criminals in general have existed 
many inadequacies. The interpretation and education on 
legislation are still limited and have not reached to target 
audiences and areas, especially, women from poor families, 
in remote and border areas where the issue of trafficking of 
women and children is emerging seriously. 
 
There are inadequate and limited in State administration 
over relevant facets such as, business, services, labor 
management, entry-exit management, marriage, giving up and 
adoption of children involving foreigners, and bolder 
management; the structure and organization of its management 
exposed many shortcomings failing to meet the requirements 
that criminals can take those advantages for their 
practices. 
 
 
The prevention and combating 
Achievements in the prevention and combating: 
 
Recently, the prevention, combating of traffickers of women 
and children are always set in line with the prevention, 
combating criminal and social evils in general. Upon the 
approval of the Directive No. 766/TTg dated September 17th, 
1997 of the Government and the Resolution 09/1998/NQ-CP 
dated July 31st 1998  "On strengthening the prevention, 
combating criminal in the new situation", the prevention, 
combating of traffickers have been concerned and implemented 
with specific measures and some results have been reached. 
 
The prevention: 
 
IEC tasks on the prevention of criminal in general and the 
prevention of trafficking of women and children have always 
been respected and pervasively and comprehensively 
implemented. In addition to mass media, mass organizations 
and other bodies carried out their communication campaigns 
through leaflets, manuals with compact and perceivable 
contents using for family consultation; organized meetings, 
forums on the explosion and interpretation of law, 
responsibilities of families in the protection of women and 
children, warning people to be self-alert with luring, 
swindling, tricky practices played by criminals. Up to now, 
IEC tasks on the prevention of trafficking of women and 
children have become a concerned part of communication 
activities carrying out by branches and organizations, 
especially, by Women's Union, CPFC. 
 
The State administration over law and order, specifically in 
target areas arising the issue of trafficking of women and 
children and prostitution has been strengthening by local 
authorities and competent agencies through such measures as 
residence management, management over leaving and coming of 
criminals or alleged criminals involved  in trafficking of 
women and children, management over hotels, guest houses, 
restaurants,. management over business of introducing 
services, marriage with foreigners, giving up and adoption 
of children involving foreigners, entry-exit management,.. 
in order to timely disclose criminals and cases of 
trafficking of women and children. From this spirit, 
specific prevention measures shall be established in order 
to disclose, combat illegally criminal practices. 
 
Dealing with returned victims, relevant bodies such as, 
border guard, police, MOLISA and its lower levels, mass 
organizations in close cooperation with local authorities 
help these people to settle down their livings, to create 
jobs, and to reintegrate into community. 
 
The Investigation and Handling: 
 
Police force acting as mainstay in combating against crimes, 
in cooperation with Border Guard, procuracy, Courts at all 
levels proactively combat, handle criminal routes and 
traffickers inflicted women and children. 
 
As reported statistics of police from provinces and cities, 
from 1991 to 2002, police force at all levels have disclosed 
and arrested 2,269 cases with 3,787 criminals in trafficking 
of women and children (both inside and outside the country). 
Of which, 1,818 cases were prosecuted, with 3,118 criminals 
committed trafficking of women; 451 cases were prosecuted 
with 672 criminals committed trafficking, exchanging or 
abusing children (According to Article 119, 120- 1999 
Criminal Code). After 5 years of implementing Directive No. 
766/TTg of the Government Prime Minister (1998-2002), police 
and border guard at all levels quashed 921 cases, with 1.807 
traffickers, identified 1.914 victims. 
 
As results of survey in some localities, cases of 
trafficking of women and children to other countries made up 
55% of all cases of trafficking of women and children in 
general that had been disclosed and quashed. 
 
Border Guard performing its assigned responsibilities 
applied many measures in order to disclose, combat illegal 
transportation of women and children abroad. In 7 years 
(from 1996 to 2002), Border guard disclosed and handled 330 
cases, with 698 criminals, identified 69 criminal routes and 
carried investigation and handled 120 cases, with 219 
criminals committed cross-border trafficking of women and 
children. Many complicated, well-organized trafficking 
routes practicing trafficking of women and children to other 
countries such as, China, Cambodia, Macao, Hong-Kong, 
Malaysia, have been disclosed and handled by police and 
border guard. Almost all of cases of trafficking of women 
and children have been jointly investigated and handled 
strictly before law by police and border guard. 
 
With reference to prosecution, from 1998 to 2002, People's 
Courts at all levels prosecuted 820 cases, with 1,408 
criminals committed trafficking of women and children under 
article 119, 120- Criminal Code (1999). Most criminals were 
sentenced strictly in conformity with the law. 
 
Some constraints, challenges in the prevention of criminals 
committed trafficking of women and children: 
 
It is the fact that women and children were trafficked for 
the purposes of prostitution and sexual exploitation. 
Therefore, victims feel withdrawal, are afraid of 
discrimination from community resulting in the refusal to 
disclose criminals, they may not want to tell to others and 
keep away from community. All these pose many difficulties 
in the investigation and support victims to reintegrate into 
community. 
 
Due to social, economic conditions and differences in laws 
and policies among regional countries on the prevention of 
prostitution, and on marriage with foreigners, there are 
limitations in developing and implementing strategies on the 
prevention of trafficking of women and children among 
regional countries and International organizations. This 
resulted in low effectiveness of policy and law enforcement, 
and showed no sign of decrease in border trafficking of 
women and children. 
 
Preventing and combating this crime among branches and 
levels (from central to grassroots) have not been 
synchronized, with no lead body in establishing a mechanism 
for better collaboration. The percentage of disclosing cases 
of trafficking of women and children remains very low that 
is not compatible with the real situation. Basic 
investigation into the situation was occasional and failed 
to keep in time. It remained passive in disclosing new cases 
that are mainly based on the complaints from victims or 
their families. Residence management (both permanent and 
temporary) has not been done properly, especially in remote 
and rural areas. There are many cases where women and 
children left the village but local authority got no 
information about that. 
 
Staffs working in this area in all branches and levels have 
not been trained or updated basic as well as all-around the 
world information; distribution of its force and facilities 
in service of combating criminals committing trafficking of 
women and children failed to meet the requirements in the 
current situation. 
 
 
Part II 
Plan of action on prevention and combating against 
Trafficking of women and children 
2004-2010 
 
I. Objectives 
General objective 
To create changes in awareness and action of different 
levels, departments and the whole society on prevention and 
combating against trafficking of women and children in order 
to prevent and basically reduce the number of trafficked 
women and children by 2010. 
 
Specific Objective 
2.1. From 2004-2006 
To raise the awareness of the community of the tricks, 
causes and effects of trafficking of women and children. To 
improve the respect and implementation of laws on prevention 
and combating against trafficking of women and children in 
particular, crime in general 
 
Develop and mandate relevant agencies to reinforce the laws, 
strengthen legislation and social management to prevent and 
combat against trafficking of women and children 
effectively. 
 
Prevent, combat against and reduce 20%  of crimes related to 
trafficking of women and children in target locations 
 
 From 2007-2010 
Uniform implementation of the prevention, combating against 
and reducing 50% of trafficking in women and children in 
national scale; provide help to trafficked women and 
children to come back to their hometown, to integrate into 
the community. 
 
II. Content and main proposals on the program. 
 
Contents of the program 
Carry out basic survey, analyze and predict the situation of 
trafficking criminals. Build data related to trafficking in 
women and children 
 
 Conduct education communication, encouraging people for 
identification, prevention and combating against traffickers 
of women and children. 
 
 Uniform implementation of the activities of prevention of 
trafficking of women and children in the families, 
communities, agencies and organizations. 
 
Combating against trafficking in women and children and 
other related crimes, specially transnational organized 
crime 
 
 Support to education, job opportunities, integration into 
the community for trafficked women and children. Support 
construction of receiving center for women and children 
victims 
 
 Mandate and build capacity for workers who work on 
prevention of women and children trafficking. 
 
 Develop and finalize documents, legal norms related to 
prevention of trafficking of women and children. 
 
 International cooperation in prevention of traffickers of 
women and children, specially trafficking outside the 
country. 
 
Main projects of the Program 
2.1. First project: Education communication in the community 
on prevention of women and children traffickers 
 Focus on regular advocacy and education communication under 
various forms, communication campaigns in the whole country, 
specially in targeted areas, to categories of high risk; 
integrate the advocacy on prevention of crimes and social 
evils, develop cultural families, healthy communes, streets 
without social evils; support, counseling for family of 
victims, women and children who are vulnerable. 
 
 The central Viet Nam Women's Union is the key agency, 
ministries, departments: culture and information, labor, war 
invalids and social affairs, Youth Union and other 
Ministries and Departments. 
 
2.2. Second project: Combating against traffickers of women 
and children 
 Focus on prevention activities, identification, 
investigation and sanction on traffickers of women and 
children and other related crimes, specially traffickers of 
women and children to foreign countries, internationally 
organized crime. 
 Arrest criminals who have hidden, prevent them from 
becoming new criminal organizations. 
 
Sub-project 1: implemented in the inland by the Ministry of 
public Security. Sub-project 2: implemented in the border 
areas by the Ministry of Defense (Border Guard) 
CPFC, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 
People's Supreme Court, People's Court of Investigation and 
other ministries and department will coordinate with these 
ministries. 
 
2.3. Third Project: Receive and support women and children 
who are victims of traffickers from foreign countries. 
Focus on monitoring border gates, specially transportation, 
coordinate with public security force and border guards of 
countries which share the borderline, procedures to receive 
and support victims who are trafficked, coordinate with the 
local authorities (especially, local level). Organize 
support activities, education, help them to sustain their 
life, integrate into the community. 
 
 Border Guard Commanding Bureau will be in charge of 
receiving victims, complete transferal procedures. MOLISA 
will coordinate with other ministries Ministry of Public 
Security, Ministry of Justice, Women's Union, other 
Ministries and relevant departments. 
 
 The fourth Project: Develop and strengthen legal framework 
in relation to the prevention of, combating against 
criminals of trafficking of women and children. 
Conduct research, develop and strengthen legal framework as 
well as legal documents relating to marriage, giving  and 
adopting children involving foreigners, tourism, labor 
exchange, exit-entry management, prosecution, and 
reintegration into community for victims; support marriage 
connection centers to perform properly. 
MOJ will be in charge of this project in collaboration with 
MOFA, MPS, Ministry of Defense and other ministries 
 
 
Part III 
Organization and implementation of programme of action 
 
Management: 
 
The Programme of Action on the prevention of, combating 
against criminals trafficking women and children in the 
period 2004 -2010 mentioned areas under the management and 
supervision of various Ministries, agencies. Therefore, it 
is needed to synchronously implement with close cooperation 
among Ministries, agencies. 
 
It is imperative to set up a Executive Board for "the 
Programme of Action on the prevention of, combating against 
criminal trafficking women and children" at central level 
headed by an official from MPS, its members are from other 
relevant ministries, agencies such as Ministry of National 
Defense (Border Guard Commanding Bureau), MOFA, MOJ, MOLISA, 
Vietnam Women's Union, CPFC. 
 
Sub-executive management board shall be established in line 
with central board in province, cities where the programme 
is implemented. 
 
Responsibilities and obligations 
 
Ministry of Public Security: 
Acting as a lead agency in cooperation with other relevant 
ministries, agencies and people's committees of provinces 
and centrally-run cities, The Ministry of Public Security 
shall monitor the situation, data of women and children 
trafficked or illegally transported to other countries. 
 
Determining the focal areas, directing police force at all 
levels strongly apply professional practices in order to 
disclose, prevent, quash trafficking routes. Strictly 
managing residence holders (both temporary and permanent 
status) in commune, ward, town, clusters; mobilizing people, 
in cooperation with Vietnam Fatherland Front and mass 
organizations, to participate in the prevention, disclosure, 
combating against criminals, and in ensuring social laws and 
order. 
 
Together with related departments and local people's 
committees, examine and handle matching service 
establishments, illegal child adoption of foreign elements, 
tourism services and labor export services violating the 
laws in transportation of people abroad. 
 
Strengthen organization and increase specialized staffs from 
the governmental level to local level to timely detect, 
quickly investigate and strictly handle organizations and 
individuals breaking laws on prevention of woman and child 
trafficking, illegal transportation of women and children 
abroad. 
 
Co-operate with Border Guard to strengthen investigation at 
border gates, combat and effectively prevent cross - border 
illegal transportation of women and children. 
 
Be a focal point in international co-operation in prevention 
of woman and child trafficking; co-operate with Interpol and 
Police of neighboring countries, especially China, Cambodia 
to detect, prevent, and combat trafficking of women and 
children abroad. 
 
2. Border Guard 
 
Strengthen investigation measures at border gates and to 
prevent illegal transportation of women and children abroad. 
 
Act as a lead agency and co-operate with Ministries, and 
relevant Departments to receive and support the cross - 
border trafficked women and children who return home. 
 
Co-operate with Police of the country and of such bordering 
countries as China, Cambodia to detect and prevent the 
network of cross - border illegal transportation of women 
and children. 
 
Co-operate with competent agencies in propagating and 
mobilizing people at border areas to involve in combating 
trafficking of women and children. 
 
3. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
Co-operate with the Ministry of Public Security in politics 
and external relations in co-operating with foreign 
countries in preventing this kind of crime. Prepare 
appropriate counter - tactics to work with international 
organizations and countries involved in elimination of 
illegal transportation of Vietnamese women and children 
abroad. 
 
Co-operate with mass organizations and people in mobilizing 
and taking advantage of assistance from NGOs in handling 
this issue. 
 
4. The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs 
 
Act as a lead agency and co-operate with the Ministry of 
Public Security, Border Guard Command of the Ministry of 
Defense, the Ministry of Public Health, Committee on 
Population, Family and Children, National Women's Union, 
People's Committees of various levels to organize vocational 
training, job placement, re-integration for the cross-border 
trafficked women and children who returned home, referring 
case suffering from social diseases to health treatment 
facilities. 
Do research and add to the list of jobs in which use of 
woman and child labor is prohibited to prevent them from 
being abused. 
 
5. The Ministry of Justice 
 
Act as a lead agency and co-operate with Ministries and 
Departments to develop and strengthen the legal system on 
prevention, combating, handling crimes related to woman and 
child trafficking; Organize legal dissemination and 
education on prevention and combating woman and child 
trafficking. 
 
6. National Women's Union of Vietnam 
 
Act as a lead agency and co-operate with Ministries, related 
departments, agencies and mass organizations and local 
authorities to organize dissemination, education and 
consultation at the community on prevention of women and 
child trafficking. 
 
Co-operate with the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social 
Affairs to support and assist some trafficked women and 
children to re-integrate into the community. 
 
7. Committee on Population, Family and Children 
 
Act as a lead agency and co-operate with Ministries, related 
departments, agencies to implement prevention of child 
trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation of children. 
 
8. Ministries, Ministerial - level agencies and Government 
agencies 
 
Have planned to direct the implementation of contents and 
measures to combat and prevent woman and child trafficking 
within their responsibilities and authority. 
 
9. People's Committees of Provinces and Centrally-run cities 
 
Be responsible to uniformly implement and incorporate the 
prevention and combating of woman and child trafficking into 
other socio-economic programs in the localities. Based on 
the Government's program and current situation of the 
locality, develop the plan of action, direct and guide the 
people's committee of lower level to implement. Especially 
appreciate the role of and responsibilities of Chairman of 
commune people's committee in learning about the situation 
and detecting the trafficked women and children within the 
area and take urgent measures for prevention. 
 
Every year, the local authorities should be active in 
allocating budgets to implement this program, mobilize the 
contributions from people in addition to Government budgets. 
 
10. Recommendation for Supreme People's Court, Supreme 
People's Procuracy 
 
     Strengthened directing the system of branch agencies at 
localities and have plan to closely co-operate with other 
law enforcement agencies in investigating, prosecuting, 
hearing cases of woman and child trafficking in timely, 
strict and clear manner. 
 
11. Recommendation for National Committee of Vietnam 
Fatherland Front, Vietnam Labor Federation, Vietnam 
Veterans' Union, Vietnam Farmers' Union, National Women's 
Union of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh Youth Union: Closely co- 
operate with Ministries, departments, and authorities of 
different levels in mobilizing people of different social 
classes to actively involve in prevention of woman and child 
trafficking. 
 
III. Funding for implementation of the program 
 
Funding to implement this program is mobilized from various 
sources: 
 
State budget (provided by the Government): every year, the 
Government reserves an amount of funding to implement the 
program, objectively support focal tasks and proposals. 
Local budget:  every year, the locality should actively 
develop plans and allocate funding for prevention, combating 
woman and child trafficking, incorporate into other programs 
and projects in the area. 
Other sources inside and outside the country (mobilizing 
contributions of the community and international sponsor.) 
The Directors' Board of the program develops the plan to 
allocate the capital source provided annually from State 
budget, and then the plan is submitted to the Government to 
decide and directly guide the implementation. Regarding 
other sources of funding, the Ministry of Public Security 
will co-operate with related departments, programs and 
projects and sponsor agencies and organizations to organize 
the implementation within the area and specific aspects. 
 
Ministries, Departments, People's Committees of provinces, 
centrally-run cities are responsible to implement, regularly 
monitor and supervise, speed up the program; develop the 
plan for each stage, for each year to appropriately and 
effectively implement the program and projects. 
 
 
Signed 
FOR THE PRIME MINISTER 
          VICE MINISTER 
Pham Gia Khiem 
 
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