Vietnam
Since 2020, we have been working in Vietnam with Blue Dragon, an organisation that has long worked with children in difficult life situations and provides direct assistance to victims of human trafficking.
We started by supporting the strengthening of children's rights protection in police investigations and created an official circular (set of guidelines) for the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security for police and judicial forces to help protect children's rights during criminal investigations and prevent secondary victimization. Any child involved in a police investigation as a victim now has a greater chance of receiving special protection.
The Human Trafficking Act in Vietnam has been under review since 2021 and the current wording is inadequate, does not cover all forms of trafficking and does not provide sufficient protection for victims of trafficking. Together with Blue Dragon, we are working to make the new law more effective and better protect victims. At the same time, we support training for police, border guards and other authorities involved in this type of crime. The training focuses on the identification and investigation of these crimes and a more sensitive approach to the victim to avoid secondary traumatisation.
We thank the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and its TRANSITION programme for supporting our activities in Vietnam.