Around 1,000 children are sexually abused in
Viet Nam every year, and the figure is rising, according to government data.
More
and more cases of children being raped are being reported, including those
under five, and many are killed after being raped, the ministry of labour,
invalids and social affairs said.
In many
instances teachers sexually abuse students, fathers rape daughters over a long
period of time, and men rape their stepdaughters.
The
problems of trafficking and kidnapping children have become rampant.
In the
northern provinces of Ha Giang, Dien Bien, and Lai Chau, local criminals work
with foreigners to take advantage of the remoteness of mountainous areas to
kidnap children for trafficking to China.
In
southern provinces like An Giang and Tay Ninh, forcing girls aged 14-15 to work
as prostitutes at brothels in neighbouring Cambodia is increasing.
Criminals
are even trafficking children and babies in the guise of adopting children from
poor families.
Nguyen
Hai Huu, head of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs' Children
Protection and Caring Department, said the cause of the crime is mostly
financial difficulty, making some families unable to care for their children or
even ignore them completely.
This
leads to problems like ill-treatment, sexual abuse, violence, exploitation, and
children turning to crime.
He also
blamed the erosion of human values, the negative impacts of pornographic and
violent movies, and the increasing rate of divorce.
There
are not enough organisations to care for children and protect them from these
problems, he said.
The
ministry would continue to study and develop mechanisms and policies to stop
violence against and the abuse of children, he promised.
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