From Viet Nam News:
National Assembly deputies stressed the need for a comprehensive law to combat trafficking, but said the current draft was not detailed enough and would be unfeasible.
“It is impossible to bring the current draft law to life as it will cause a conflict with other legal documents,” deputy Chu Son Ha said.
The deputy said it was essential to ensure the anti-trafficking law did not conflict with the criminal code, the criminal procedure code, the anti-prostitution law and the anti-domestic violence law.
Ha said the draft had failed to clearly define what human trafficking was and how best to combat it.
“Only when it is made clear will individuals and organisations be able to take responsibility for human trafficking prevention,” he added.
Deputy Tran Thi Quoc Khanh said the law was needed to complete the country’s legal system and help Viet Nam co-ordinate with countries in the region and the rest of the world to control and prevent the trafficking of human beings.
She also said the draft lacked clarity and that it had failed to focus on ethnic and poor people, who are the main victims of human trafficking.
Khanh added that the law needed to distinguish between legitimate cases of Vietnamese marrying foreigners, child adoption and job creation. She said if the distinction were not set out, the police and relevant agencies would lack the legal foundation to enforce the law.
She said more money should be allocated to combating human trafficking of ethnic people and the poor ”“ the most vulnerable segments of society.
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