Sex trafficking in Vietnam
Sex trafficking in Vietnam is human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and slavery that occurs in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Although India, China and Pakistan are amongst the worst perpetrators of trafficking, Vietnam is a source and, to a lesser extent, destination country for sexually trafficked persons.

Sex trafficking victims in the country are from all ethnic groups in Vietnam and foreigners. Vietnamese citizens, primarily women and girls, have been sex trafficked into other countries in Asia and different continents.
 They are forced into prostitution, marriages, and or pregnancies. Victims are threatened and physically and psychologically harmed. They contract sexually transmitted diseases from rapes, and abuse and malnutrition are common. Some women and girls are tortured and or murdered.

Sex trafficking and exploitation have pervaded all levels of Vietnamese society. Male and female perpetrators in Vietnam come from a wide range of backgrounds and a number are members of or facilitated by organized crime syndicates and gangs.
 Some government officials, troops, and police, as well as foreigners, have been complicit in sex trafficking in Vietnam.

Although the extent of sex trafficking in Vietnam is unknown because of the lack of data, the underground nature of sex trafficking crimes, inadequate victim identification procedures, and other elements.
 The enforcement of sex trafficking laws and investigating and prosecuting of cases have been hindered by corruption, apathy, border management problems, lack of cooperation among sectors, ignorance of anti-trafficking law, and more. Globalization and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’(ASEAN) shift towards a formal community with freer movement of trade and capital may lead to an increase sex trafficking.
Q181784
human trafficking
Concept
Q875521
sexual exploitation and slavery
Concept
Q881
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
LOC
Q608834
ethnic groups in Vietnam
UNK
Q48
Asia
LOC
Q5107
continents
Concept
Q12198
sexually transmitted diseases
Concept
Q7181
Globalization
Concept
Q7768
Association of Southeast Asian Nations’(ASEAN)
Concept
Q96405404
Sex trafficking in Vietnam
UNK
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