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Viewing cable 07HANOI1594, VIETNAM TO DRAFT NEW TIP LAW, IMPROVE INTER-AGENCY

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07HANOI1594 2007-09-07 09:06 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
VZCZCXRO0454
RR RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM RUEHNH
DE RUEHHI #1594/01 2500906
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 070906Z SEP 07
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6276
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH 3645
RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 001594 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS, G/TIP AND PRM FOR SONIA DENTZEL 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM
 
SUBJECT: VIETNAM TO DRAFT NEW TIP LAW, IMPROVE INTER-AGENCY 
COOPERATION 
 
REF: A) Hanoi 402 B) Hanoi 394 C) Hanoi 393 D) HCMC 806 
 
HANOI 00001594  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
 
SUMMARY 
------- 
 
 
1. (SBU) On June 27, the GVN issued a new Directive to strengthen, 
midterm, the implementation of its six-year National Program of 
Action against Crimes of Trafficking in Women and Children.  The new 
anti-TIP Directive calls for greater GVN inter-agency cooperation, 
greater scrutiny of export labor, foreign adoptions and marriages, 
increased TIP prevention and educational awareness programs, and 
increased responsibility and accountability for provincial 
government authorities.  The Directive further instructs the GVN 
Ministry of Justice to prepare a proposal to be submitted to 
Vietnam's parliament on the necessity of establishing a new "Law on 
the Prevention and Combat of Human Trafficking," which would also 
include men in its definition of human trafficking.  Reactions among 
our contacts to the new Directive have been positive.  The GVN 
continues to take the fight against TIP seriously and address its 
deficiencies; however, any new law will still take years to draft, 
debate, approve, and finally implement.  End summary. 
 
 
THE DIRECTIVE'S NUTS AND BOLTS 
------------------------------ 
 
 
2. (SBU) On June 27, GVN Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong, 
head of the GVN's National Steering Committee on anti-TIP, signed a 
new Directive on the enhancement of the prevention and combat of 
human trafficking.  The Directive, more specific than the broader 
"Decree" under Vietnamese law, states that concerned GVN ministries 
such as Public Security (MPS), Labor, Justice (MOJ), Defense, and 
Foreign Affairs, as well as industrial sectors and local authorities 
need to significantly increase their cooperation on anti-TIP. 
 
3. (SBU) The Directive also details measures to effectively 
implement the second phase (2007-2010) of the government's six-year 
National Program of Action against Crimes of Trafficking in Women 
and Children (the first phase was 2004-2006).  These measures 
include a greater focus on communication and education, examination 
and supervision of export labor, scrutiny and education for 
marriages and child adoptions involving foreign elements, 
cooperation on anti-TIP with other countries, coordinated 
implementation of criminal prevention measures, and a tie-in with 
the GVN's propaganda campaign for "hunger eradication and poverty 
reduction." 
 
4. (SBU) The Directive further specifies additional detailed tasks 
assigned to different concerned ministries under the National 
Program of Action, and defines specific responsibilities for 
Vietnam's 64 Provincial People's Committee Chairmen, concurrently 
the Chairmen of their provincial steering committees against human 
trafficking, in instances where a province's TIP cases are deemed 
excessive.  Finally, the Directive requires the MOJ to prepare a 
proposal to be submitted to the National Assembly calling for a 
comprehensive "Law on the Prevention and Combat of Human 
Trafficking." 
 
 
GVN GETS TOUGH 
-------------- 
 
 
5. (SBU) MPS Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Chuong, the Chief 
of the Office of the National Steering Committee against Human 
Trafficking, told us that after implementation of Phase 1 of the 
National Program of Action was completed in 2006, a Directive to 
consolidate and improve its measures was needed.  Chuong told Poloff 
that this Directive specifies the Provincial Chairman's 
responsibilities if a significant number of individuals in his or 
her province are trafficked, and it would adjust and supplement some 
articles of the Criminal Code in order to adequately address 
trafficking issues.  Chuong said the highest sentence applied for 
traffickers is currently only twenty years, while he believes 
sometimes harsher punishments are necessary - including life in 
prison or the death sentence. 
 
6. (SBU) Mr. Nguyen Cong Hong, MOJ Deputy Director of the Department 
for Criminal and Administrative Legislation, said the Directive's 
contents showcase the government's determination to effectively 
implement the National Program of Action.  According to the 
Directive, Vietnam will develop a completely separate law to address 
the trafficking issue (for the time being, the GVN Criminal Code 
contains two articles, 119 and 120, to address the trafficking 
 
HANOI 00001594  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
issue).  Hong told Poloff the new law will provide greater details 
for the prevention of trafficking in persons and also address 
trafficking in men; to date, the GVN has only defined trafficking as 
relating to women and children.  Hong added that he thought the new 
law, if drafted quickly, could be implemented by 2010. 
 
 
COMMENT: WELCOME DIRECTIVE, IMPLEMENTATION KEY 
--------------------------------------------- - 
 
 
7. (SBU) This new Directive, taken together with Directive 17 issued 
earlier this year on supporting TIP victim returnees, and the 
implementation of the 2006 Decree 69 regarding marriage and family 
relations "involving foreign elements," is a positive sign of the 
GVN's determination to crack down on human traffickers.  That the 
Directive specifies the provincial chairmen's responsibilities 
should force local authorities to pay more attention to the 
trafficking issue.  The intention to draft a comprehensive new 
anti-TIP law, one that includes men in its definition and places 
greater emphasis on export labor, is a welcome development.  Given 
the glacial pace of Vietnam's legal system we doubt, however, that 
it can be implemented by 2010. 
 
MICHALAK