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More than 1,000 cases were detected by June this year involving 2,600 victims. In 829 of them, the traffickers sold 2,319 people to China, according to ministry data released at a meeting on Tuesday. Most cases had been found in northern border provinces such as Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Dien Bien, and Quang Ninh, and most of the victims were women and children. In just six months from July last year Chinese authorities rescued more than 1,100 trafficked women, many them sold as brides, in a joint operation with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Besides the financial situation of victims, police officers have said negligence, easy immigration procedures and gender imbalance in destination countries are also responsible for human trafficking. China, the world’s most populous country, suffers from one of the worst gender imbalance rates due to its one-child policy and illicit abortion of female fetuses by parents wanting sons. This has led to increasing trafficking of … [Read more...] about 80 percent of Vietnamese human trafficking victims end up in China

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (L) is welcomed by the Vietnamese community in Kazan (Photo: VNA) Kazan (VNA) – National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with the Vietnamese community in Kazan, the Republic of Tatarstan, at the House of Peoples’ Friendship on December 8 (local time). The event was also attended by Chairman of the State Council (parliament) of Tatarstan Farid Khayrullovich Mukhametshin, who told his guest that the House of Peoples’ Friendship is used by all communities in Tatarstan to exchange and strengthen friendship, while maintaining their cultural identities. Each community has their own space at the house, he said. There are about 1,000 Vietnamese people living in Kazan, along with 96 students. The Vietnamese Association in Kazan, which was established in 2002, has held various activities to foster solidarity among the community and promote Vietnamese culture, including sporting events and regular Vietnamese … [Read more...] about NA leader meets Vietnamese community in Tatarstan

Vietnam is being evaluated to have the highest HIV inhibition rate in the world. More than 100,000 Vietnamese people have died of AIDS so far and more than 200,000 are living with HIV, Zing.vn quoted Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong as saying. Cuong said that by the end of September, 142,000 Vietnamese people with HIV were being treated with antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, an increase of nearly 280 times compared to 2004. On average, over 10,000 people with HIV are provided with ARV drugs.  Vietnam is being evaluated to have the highest HIV inhibition rate in the world.  Reports on HIV/AIDS performance in the first nine months this year showed that 96% of people treated with ARV had an HIV viral load below the suppression threshold (<1,000 copies/ml blood) and nearly 95% had an HIV viral load below the detection threshold ( The deputy minister stressed that 2019 is the 11th consecutive year that the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Vietnam is under control, with … [Read more...] about More than 100,000 Vietnamese people die of AIDS

  The number of Vietnamese workers sending abroad is on the rise this year. — Photo zing.vn HÀ NỘI — More than 132,800 Vietnamese workers went working overseas during the 11 months of 2019, surpassing the year's target of 120,000, according to figures from the Việt Nam Association of Manpower Supply (VAMAS). In November alone, nearly 14,800 Vietnamese went to work overseas, up nearly 2.6 per cent as compared to the same period last year. Japan, South Korea and Taiwan accounted for 96.9 per cent of Việt Nam’s labour export market with 128,685 workers. The number of workers to Japan has risen by 16.64 per cent compared to the same period last year. Since the start of the year, South Korea has received 632 Vietnamese workers every month. Meanwhile, the number of workers going to Southeast Asian countries, namely Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia, was only 584, down 46.72 per cent. … [Read more...] about More than 132,000 Vietnamese go overseas for work in 2019

HCM City (VNA) – The Asia Food and Beverage Summit and related activities will be held on March 5, 2020 to welcome Vietnam’s ASEAN chairmanship, according to the Vietnam Cuisine Culture Association (VCCA) and the Restaurant Association of Vietnam (RAV). The event will focus on major issues in the food and beverage (F&B) sector, including development trends, effective business models, the standardisation and development of the chain, and the application of technology in the sector. Within the event’ framework, an international exhibition will be held with the participation of more than 30 R&B suppliers from across Asia, a business connection event and a ceremony honouring excellent restaurants. According to RAV President Chu Hong Minh, Vietnam has received Asia’s top culinary destination award in 2019 and a nomination for the top global culinary destination. He noted that the Vietnamese culinary sector has seen progress over the years with higher … [Read more...] about Asia Food and Beverage Summit to promote Vietnamese cuisine