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.