Vietnam

CWD supports the political and social activities of the Vietnam Women’s Union. It runs three shelters for female victims of domestic violence and trafficking – two in Hanoi known as ‘Peace House’, and one in Can Tho. The shelters also offer a follow-up program after 20 months to provide counselling, vocational training and legal aid.

www.peacehousevietnam.com

http://www.cwd.vn/en/

Hagar Vietnam was established in 2009, with mission to see communities free and healed from the trauma of human trafficking, slavery, and abuse. Hagar focuses on individuals who have endured severe mental and/or physical trauma, and who have survived extreme abuse as a result of to human trafficking, domestic violence or sexual assault by providing recovery services such as shelter, counselling, case management services, legal support, education, life skills training, job skills training and job placement assistance, reintegration and repatriation support. Over the past two decades, Hagar has earned a reputation for working with the “toughest cases” such as the young children, adolescents, and those repeatedly abused. Hagar is also developing research, leading advocacy and building the capacity of other organizations, to improve prevention and strengthen after-care services especially in the area of Trauma Informed Care. Hagar Vietnam is also a specialist in Trauma-Informed Care.

www.hagarinternational.org/vietnam
www.facebook.com/hagarvietnam

IPFCS is a recognized Vietnamese leading national research institution within the Vietnam Union of Scientific and Technological Associations (VUSTA) in Vietnam working in the areas of child rights and child protection. Its programmes and projects are interlinked with capacity building, advocacy, and knowledge building components on both national and local levels focusing on legal aid, juvenile justice, child trafficking, child labor, children with HIV/AIDS, and child advocacy.

Project for Strengthening the Operation of Hotline for Counseling and Supporting Trafficked Survivors (2018-2021) is operated by the Department of Children’s Affairs of MOLISA with support from JICA. The Project focuses on 1) Strengthen referral/information sharing system between relevant agencies at the central and provincial levels, 2) Capacity development of Regional Call Centers in Hanoi, Da Nang and An Giang in both Hotline counselors and equipment, 3) Strengthen communication activities to raise public awareness of TIP issues and Anti-TIP Hotline.

• Bureau for Press (Responsible for raising and improving public awareness on TIP)

• Department of Administrative and Criminal Laws (Department of administrative and criminal laws drafts and amends legal documents related to TIP)
• Legal Aid Department (Legal aid department proposes legal documents on legal aid, Manage Legal aid centers)
• Department of Civil Judgment Enforcement (Supports trafficked victims in obtaining compensation)
• National Legal Aid Agency (Provides legal counseling and legal aid for victims of human trafficking - https://legalaid.gov.vn/slideshow/legal-aid-ministry-justice-vietnam)
• Provincial Legal Aid Centers (The centers provide legal counseling, legal aid and legal services. These services are provided free of charge for victims of trafficking)

• Department of Child Affairs (Department of child affairs protects the rights of children, proposes policy and laws related to care and protection of children, and manages and operates the TIP hotline #111)
• Department for Social Evils Prevention (Department of social evils prevention conducts policy advocacy related to the protection and support of trafficking victims)
• Department of Gender Equality (Department of gender equality supports and promotes gender equality)
• Department of Social Assistance (Manages social work and centres including services for trafficked victims)

Develops and implements policies on victim support; guidance on the implementation of measures to support trafficked victims within the authority; prescription of standards of victim support services within the responsibilities

• Prevent, detect and investigate TIP cases, rescue and identify victims, support essential needs for victims immediately after rescue, issue certification of victim status for the rescued victims and tranfer them to MOLISA's nearest centers;
• Recommend Government to issue appropriate policies, laws and strategies on the protection of national security and maintenance of social order and safety, the fight against crime (including TIP) and law violation as well as to direct the implementation of these documents;
• Implement international commitments and obligations, expand international cooperation in prevention and fight against crimes and law violations, implement criminal and justice assistance

• Criminal Police Department (Division No.5) (Criminal police department investigates complicated TIP cases which are interprovincial or involve foreign elements. It is the Standing Office for the Program 130/CP on counter trafficking in persons of Vietnam)
• Criminal Police Divisions at provincial and local levels (Investigate TIP cases that occur in the provinces. They also identify and rescue trafficking victims)
• People's Police Academy (Criminal Police Faculty) (Academy provides training on trafficking in persons for police officers and police cadets)
• Department of Foreign Relations (Directly negotiates international legal instruments related to TIP and coordinates the rescue of overseas Vietnamese victims)
• Department of Immigration (Supports victim identification, receipt and returns of victims)

Directly negotiates international legal instruments related to TIP and coordinates the rescue of overseas Vietnamese victims

NBG is responsible for the following: Prevent and combat TIP in border areas; Receive, classify and handle crime reports and information related to TIP cases; Detect and investigate TIP cases; Rescue, receive and protect victims.

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• Department of Crime and Drug Control
  (Department of crime and drug control help identify, receive and/or rescue trafficking victims)
• Border Guard Units at provincial level
  (The provincial units are tasked to conduct initial investigation of TIP cases)

Pacific Links Foundation has 20+ years of experience in empowering women and youth through improving life skills, raising self-awareness, bringing new knowledge and opening opportunities and supportive networks. Its Education portfolio empowers disadvantaged youth to access education and increase economic opportunities. Its Modern Slavery Prevention portfolio invests comprehensively in at-risk youths to prevent trafficking and in survivors to help them build new lives.

• Department of General Affairs (Department of general affairs collects/analyses data/reports and provides policy advice on TIP in the court system)
• People's Court at provincial and local levels (People's court adjudicates TIP cases that occur in the provinces and help protect the rights of victims of trafficking)

• Department No.2 (Department No. 2 undertakes prosecution of complicated trafficking in persons cases and provides policy guidance on TIP prosecution)
• Procuracy agencies at provincial and local levels (Responsible for prosecution of TIP cases occurring in the provinces)
• Hanoi Prosecutorat University (Deliver training for prosecutors and prosecutorate students on TIP)

• Advocacy Department (Advocacy department is tasked with raising awareness on TIP for women and supporting female trafficked victims to reintegrate into the community)