Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 97115 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ETRD EAGR ETTC EAID ECON EFIN ECIN EINV ELAB EAIR ENRG EPET EWWT ECPS EIND EMIN ELTN EC ETMIN EUC EZ ET ELECTIONS ENVR EU EUN EG EINT ER ECONOMICS ES EMS ENIV EEB EN ECE ECOSOC EK ENVIRONMENT EFIS EI EWT ENGRD ECPSN EXIM EIAD ERIN ECPC EDEV ENGY ECTRD EPA ESTH ECCT EINVECON ENGR ERTD EUR EAP EWWC ELTD EL EXIMOPIC EXTERNAL ETRDEC ESCAP ECO EGAD ELNT ECONOMIC ENV ETRN EIAR EUMEM ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID EREL ECOM ECONETRDEAGRJA ETCC ETRG ECONOMY EMED ETR ENERG EITC EFINOECD EURM EENG ERA EXPORT ENRD ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EGEN EBRD EVIN ETRAD ECOWAS EFTA ECONETRDBESPAR EGOVSY EPIN EID ECONENRG EDRC ESENV ETT EB ENER ELTNSNAR ECHEVARRIA ETRC EPIT EDUC ESA EFI ENRGY ESCI EE EAIDXMXAXBXFFR EETC ECIP EIAID EIVN EBEXP ESTN EING EGOV ETRA EPETEIND ELAN ETRDGK EAIDRW ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC ENVI ELN EAG EPCS EPRT EPTED ETRB EUM EAIDS EFIC EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM EAIDAR ESF EIDN ELAM EDU EV EAIDAF ECN EDA EXBS EINTECPS ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ EPREL EAC EINVEFIN ETA EAGER EINDIR ECA ECLAC ELAP EITI EUCOM ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID EARG ELDIN EINVKSCA ENNP EFINECONCS EFINTS ECCP ETC EAIRASECCASCID EINN ETRP EAIDNI EFQ ECOQKPKO EGPHUM EBUD ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ ENERGY ELB EINDETRD EMI ECONEFIN EIB EURN ETRDEINVTINTCS EIN EFIM ETIO ELAINE EMN EATO EWTR EIPR EINVETC ETTD ETDR EIQ ECONCS EPPD ENRGIZ EISL ESPINOSA ELEC EAIG ESLCO EUREM ENTG ERD EINVECONSENVCSJA EEPET EUNCH ECINECONCS ETRO ETRDECONWTOCS ECUN EFND EPECO EAIRECONRP ERGR ETRDPGOV ECPN ENRGMO EPWR EET EAIS EAGRE EDUARDO EAGRRP EAIDPHUMPRELUG EICN ECONQH EVN EGHG ELBR EINF EAIDHO EENV ETEX ERNG ED
KMDR KPAO KPKO KJUS KCRM KGHG KFRD KWMN KDEM KTFN KHIV KGIC KIDE KSCA KNNP KHUM KIPR KSUM KISL KIRF KCOR KRCM KPAL KWBG KN KS KOMC KSEP KFLU KPWR KTIA KSEO KMPI KHLS KICC KSTH KMCA KVPR KPRM KE KU KZ KFLO KSAF KTIP KTEX KBCT KOCI KOLY KOR KAWC KACT KUNR KTDB KSTC KLIG KSKN KNN KCFE KCIP KGHA KHDP KPOW KUNC KDRL KV KPREL KCRS KPOL KRVC KRIM KGIT KWIR KT KIRC KOMO KRFD KUWAIT KG KFIN KSCI KTFIN KFTN KGOV KPRV KSAC KGIV KCRIM KPIR KSOC KBIO KW KGLB KMWN KPO KFSC KSEAO KSTCPL KSI KPRP KREC KFPC KUNH KCSA KMRS KNDP KR KICCPUR KPPAO KCSY KTBT KCIS KNEP KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNNB KGCC KINR KPOP KMFO KENV KNAR KVIR KDRG KDMR KFCE KNAO KDEN KGCN KICA KIMMITT KMCC KLFU KMSG KSEC KUM KCUL KMNP KSMT KCOM KOMCSG KSPR KPMI KRAD KIND KCRP KAUST KWAWC KTER KCHG KRDP KPAS KITA KTSC KPAOPREL KWGB KIRP KJUST KMIG KLAB KTFR KSEI KSTT KAPO KSTS KLSO KWNN KPOA KHSA KNPP KPAONZ KBTS KWWW KY KJRE KPAOKMDRKE KCRCM KSCS KWMNCI KESO KWUN KPLS KIIP KEDEM KPAOY KRIF KGICKS KREF KTRD KFRDSOCIRO KTAO KJU KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KEN KO KNEI KEMR KKIV KEAI KWAC KRCIM KWCI KFIU KWIC KCORR KOMS KNNO KPAI KBWG KTTB KTBD KTIALG KILS KFEM KTDM KESS KNUC KPA KOMCCO KCEM KRCS KWBGSY KNPPIS KNNPMNUC KWN KERG KLTN KALM KCCP KSUMPHUM KREL KGH KLIP KTLA KAWK KWMM KVRP KVRC KAID KSLG KDEMK KX KIF KNPR KCFC KFTFN KTFM KPDD KCERS KMOC KDEMAF KMEPI KEMS KDRM KEPREL KBTR KEDU KNP KIRL KNNR KMPT KISLPINR KTPN KA KJUSTH KPIN KDEV KTDD KAKA KFRP KWNM KTSD KINL KJUSKUNR KWWMN KECF KWBC KPRO KVBL KOM KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KEDM KFLD KLPM KRGY KNNF KICR KIFR KM KWMNCS KAWS KLAP KPAK KDDG KCGC KID KNSD KMPF KPFO KDP KCMR KRMS KNPT KNNNP KTIAPARM KDTB KNUP KPGOV KNAP KNNC KUK KSRE KREISLER KIVP KQ KTIAEUN KPALAOIS KRM KISLAO KWM KFLOA
PHUM PINR PTER PGOV PREL PREF PL PM PHSA PE PARM PINS PK PUNE PO PALESTINIAN PU PBTS PROP PTBS POL POLI PA PGOVZI POLMIL POLITICAL PARTIES POLM PD POLITICS POLICY PAS PMIL PINT PNAT PV PKO PPOL PERSONS PING PBIO PH PETR PARMS PRES PCON PETERS PRELBR PT PLAB PP PAK PDEM PKPA PSOCI PF PLO PTERM PJUS PSOE PELOSI PROPERTY PGOVPREL PARP PRL PNIR PHUMKPAL PG PREZ PGIC PBOV PAO PKK PROV PHSAK PHUMPREL PROTECTION PGOVBL PSI PRELPK PGOVENRG PUM PRELKPKO PATTY PSOC PRIVATIZATION PRELSP PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PMIG PREC PAIGH PROG PSHA PARK PETER POG PHUS PPREL PS PTERPREL PRELPGOV POV PKPO PGOVECON POUS PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PWBG PMAR PREM PAR PNR PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PARMIR PGOVGM PHUH PARTM PN PRE PTE PY POLUN PPEL PDOV PGOVSOCI PIRF PGOVPM PBST PRELEVU PGOR PBTSRU PRM PRELKPAOIZ PGVO PERL PGOC PAGR PMIN PHUMR PVIP PPD PGV PRAM PINL PKPAL PTERE PGOF PINO PHAS PODC PRHUM PHUMA PREO PPA PEPFAR PGO PRGOV PAC PRESL PORG PKFK PEPR PRELP PREFA PNG PGOVPHUMKPAO PRELECON PINOCHET PFOR PGOVLO PHUMBA PRELC PREK PHUME PHJM POLINT PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PGOVE PHALANAGE PARTY PECON PEACE PROCESS PLN PRELSW PAHO PEDRO PRELA PASS PPAO PGPV PNUM PCUL PGGV PSA PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PGIV PRFE POGOV PEL PBT PAMQ PINF PSEPC POSTS PHUMPGOV PVOV PHSAPREL PROLIFERATION PENA PRELTBIOBA PIN PRELL PGOVPTER PHAM PHYTRP PTEL PTERPGOV PHARM PROTESTS PRELAF PKBL PRELKPAO PKNP PARMP PHUML PFOV PERM PUOS PRELGOV PHUMPTER PARAGRAPH PERURENA PBTSEWWT PCI PETROL PINSO PINSCE PQL PEREZ PBS

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 06HOCHIMINHCITY388, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE MEKONG: KIEN GIANG PROVINCE

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
  • The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
  • The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
  • The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #06HOCHIMINHCITY388.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06HOCHIMINHCITY388 2006-04-17 04:43 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Ho Chi Minh City
VZCZCXRO4565
PP RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHNH RUEHPB
DE RUEHHM #0388/01 1070443
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 170443Z APR 06
FM AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0690
INFO RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI PRIORITY 0504
RUCNARF/ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM COLLECTIVE
RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY 0720
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HO CHI MINH CITY 000388 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CVIS KWMN ELAB SMIG SOCI TW
VM 
SUBJECT: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE MEKONG: KIEN GIANG PROVINCE 
 
REF: 05 HCMC 1299 
 
HO CHI MIN 00000388  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1.  (U) Summary:  Kien Giang Province is reportedly a source of 
trafficked women and children, particularly for the sex trade in 
Cambodia.  The provincial Women's Union is spearheading 
anti-trafficking efforts working with the International Office 
of Migration on an awareness campaign to counsel potential 
victims and assist actual victims to reintegrate into the 
community.  Kien Giang's openness to cooperation with 
international NGOs is a model.  Throughout the Mekong, the fight 
against traffickers is carried out largely by provincial level 
officials with Womens' Unions often in the lead.   End Summary. 
 
 
Background 
---------- 
 
2.  (U) Poor agricultural villages in the Mekong Delta 
have been the primary source of brides marrying Taiwanese (at a 
rate of 4,000 per year - Reftel) and are also the hunting ground 
for traffickers.   According to IOM's 2005 data, 700 women and 
children were documented as trafficked to Cambodia.  IOM 
believes 22,000 Vietnamese women work in the sex industry in 
Cambodia, though the vast majority appears to have migrated 
voluntarily in search of higher income. 
 
Recognition of a Problem 
------------------------ 
 
3.  (U) During an April 5 visit to Kien Giang province, the 
Consul General met with the provincial Women's Union to review 
provincial efforts to combat trafficking in persons.  Chairwoman 
Nguyen Viet Nu said that the Women's Union has focused efforts 
on assisting vulnerable women in the villages along the 
province's 56 kilometer border with Cambodia and in the fishing 
communities.  Aided with a USD 15,000 grant from the 
International Office of Migration (IOM), the union has 
implemented an awareness campaign highlighting the dangers of 
trafficking.  The campaign has incorporated a telephone hotline 
that counsels callers on risks of irregular migration, and 
offers advice on alternative vocations and training 
opportunities. 
 
4.  (SBU) Nu added that recently, four women who were trafficked 
to Malaysia through Cambodia and Ho Chi Minh City were 
repatriated back to Kien Giang following IOM and the Women's 
Union joint intervention in Kuala Lumpur.  The women reported 
that they had been lured to Ho Chi Minh City with the promise of 
lucrative jobs, then later sold to brothels in Cambodia, where 
they were further trafficked to Malaysia.  Upon return they were 
given medical treatment by IOM staff and counseled by the 
Women's Union to facilitate their reintegration back into Kien 
Giang. 
 
5.  (SBU) Madame Nu said that the Women's Union coordinates 
counter-trafficking activities in Kien Giang with local police. 
The two sides routinely share information.  Reports from border 
patrol units are often relayed to the union directly from the 
field.  In turn, the women's union has provided provincial 
police authorities with actionable information from its 
counseling sessions with vulnerable or reintegrated women. 
 
6.  (SBU) Madame Nu said that she is concerned with the 
"excessive" number of Vietnamese brides immigrating to Taiwan, 
which she considered to be "an abnormal trend in the province." 
According to women's union data, in 2004, some 500 Kien Giang 
women married Taiwanese men, 300 in 2005, and 42 during the 
first quarter of 2006.  While not necessarily victims of 
trafficking, the Chairwoman was concerned that individuals or 
organized syndicates maybe exploiting some of these women once 
in Taiwan.  However, she did not mention any specific cases of 
trafficked brides to Taiwan that had come to her attention. 
 
Open to International Cooperation 
--------------------------------- 
 
7.  (SBU) Chairwoman Nu was very positive about her relationship 
with IOM.  She added that it is the responsibility of the union 
to work with international NGOs to  spotlight TIP issues.  She 
hopes to build on her partnership with IOM to tackle poverty the 
root cause of trafficking in the provinces well as to raise 
awareness among the vulnerable populations, and to enhance 
social services.  The Chairwoman noted that cooperation between 
provincial authorities and foreign entities in Kien Giang was 
expanding and that for the first time in the province's history 
a foreigner, Mark Estes, Project Director of Habitat For 
Humanity International (HFHI), was awarded a certificate of 
merit by Kien Giang provincial authorities for his NGO's 
contributions to women's issues. 
 
8.  Comment:  The discussion with the Kien Giang Women's Union 
 
HO CHI MIN 00000388  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
Chief illustrates the increasing awareness and concern about TIP 
issues in the Mekong Delta.  This fact is fundamental as it is 
in the provinces that national policy must be translated into 
local action against TIP.  The discussion with Madame Nu also 
highlights the opportunities for increased international 
collaboration to combat TIP in the Mekong Delta as well as the 
need for additional resources to assist well-meaning provincial 
staff.  End Comment. 
WINNICK