Wildlife crime could be a source of future pandemics; tackling it must be embedded into international criminal law Wildlife crime could be a source of future pandemics; tackling it must be embedded into international criminal law

Victims of human trafficking repatriated

Thảo is among 50 female patients being treated at the general hospital in Lạng Sơn Province, a hot spot for human trafficking, after they were transferred from Chinese authorities to Việt Nam in February this year. Most of them were trafficked to China and forced to work as prostitutes or to give birth to a baby. Many became victims of domestic violence.

Việt Nam-Cambodia treaty on transfer of sentenced persons to take effect

AIPA committed to spearhead the region's COVID-19 efforts

While this year’s General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) is being held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event would still create great momentum for ASEAN parliaments to redouble efforts for lessening the adverse impacts of the pandemic on livelihoods, stressed Philippines’ Deputy Speaker Raneo Abu and Chairman of the Committee for Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation under the Indonesian House of Representatives Fadli Zo during interviews with Vietnam News Agency.

Border security - Việt Nam’s holy grail to defeating COVID-19

Since the first cases were reported back in February, Việt Nam has done a tremendous job in containing the COVID-19 pandemic, evidenced by global lows in both case count and deaths, as well as a heightened sense of normalcy among the population. 

Survivors of trafficking will receive health insurance cards free Victims of human trafficking who are uninsured  will be granted health insurance cards free of charge.

COVID-19 crisis could result in an increase in child labour Children need to be protected from child labour more than ever due to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, experts said during a virtual interactive panel discussion held in Hà Nội on Friday.

Vietnamese woman in Australia walks to raise funds for children Since June 1, every day, Phượng Phan has walked around the forest and streets near her house in Thornleigh, northwest of Sydney for three hours.

Puku to host charity quiz night in aid of Blue Dragon The entry fee is VNĐ50,000 per person all of which will be donated directly to Blue Dragon's Children Foundation.

NA ratifies Convention 105 on Abolition of Forced Labour