Vietnamese students prove their international capability with outstanding study achievements abroad.

“When I gave up my job to work for the Social Welfare and Community Development Center without salary, many people thought I was unrealizable ”.

Lang Son, a northern province, shares a 253 km border and 7 border markets with China, which creates favorable conditions for socio-economic development. However, Lang Son also faces several social evils, including trafficking in women and children from Vietnam to China.

At the Conference of Vietnam - Cambodia border executive cooperation against trafficking in women and children held in Ho Chi Minh City from November 16-17 2005, delegates discussed measures to strenthen bilateral cooperation in fighting crimes, especially the trafficking in women and children.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide US$200,000 for a program to prevent human trafficking in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, the Vietnam News Agency reported Monday.

A center at the headquarters of the Can Tho Women’s Union was established to provide an information network for trafficked women and children who have been sex victims

“Vietnam has set a good example to other countries on the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)” said the UN Secretary Kofi Annan, which is considered as a great encouragement for Vietnam on the way to fully achieve the MDGs.

From May 9 to May 13, in Hanoi, the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) organized a Symposium on women and children related issues.

Trafficking in women and children has been seen as a social evil, as it does not only cause severe consequences for the victims and their family but also adversely affects the development of the community and the country.

On 26 April, In HaNoi, the Vietnam Women’s Union in coordination with the International Labor Organization (ILO) started the Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women at community level in Vietnam with the National Stakeholder Ownership Execise Workshop.