(VOVworld) – Vietnam has joined international conventions and regional and bilateral initiatives on human trafficking and has also issued laws and national programs to prevent this crime. Assistant to the Vietnamese Foreign Minister Duong Chi Dung highlighted Vietnam’s efforts to fight human smuggling at a seminar this week on educating women and girls about human trafficking.

Assistant to the Vietnamese Foreign Minister Duong Chi Dung (second from left) is among key speakers at the seminar. (Photo: VNA)

Ambassador Nguyen Trung Thanh, Head of the Vietnamese delegation to the Geneva-based United Nations, said this seminar will review the 10-year implementation of a UN resolution on human rights education and provide a venue to share experience and seek a sustainable solution to end human smuggling.

The seminar was co-hosted by Vietnam in conjunction with the Philippines, Indonesia, China, the US, Costa Rica, Australia, Germany, and the World Migration Organization (WMO) on the sideline of the 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council. The event attracted 80 delegates from 29 countries and nongovernmental organizations.