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Sex Trafficking & Slavery in Vietnam

Prostitution in Southeast Asia, primarily due to sex trafficking and slavery, ôhas grown so rapidly in recent decades (20% annually) that the sex business has assumed the dimensions of a commercial sector, one that contributes substantially to employment and national incomeö in the region (Economics, 1999, p. 62). Prostitution is primarily driven by the need for rural poor to make income in places like Vietnam, China, Thailand and others. Approximately 80% of the prostitutes in Vietnam are under age 16 with 86% of them sold to brothels by friends or relatives (Bartlett, 2005, p. 73). Michelle Kuo (2000, p. 43) reports that the growth in the sex industry in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian nations is not solely due to poverty, however, but represents ôa systematic strategy of economic developmentö that flourishes to a large degree because of ôgovernment neglect to enact specific policies to halt its growth.ö

The widespread sex trafficking and slavery in Vietnam also supplies China with tens of thousands of prostitutes annually. The rise of HIV infection in the region is second only to Africa, with Western tourism providing another lucrative source of American dollars for underdeveloped nations. This analysis will discuss sex trafficking and slavery in Vietnam, followed by a conclusion that will address measures to stop its growth and undermine its potential health consequences.

There are currently more than 6,000 prostituted children in Vietnam (Prostitution, 1995, p. 45). Sam Dealey (2001, p. 19) maintains that ôOutside SaigonÆs brothels teenage girls chase tourists like dogs after cars. æ$70Æ they petulantly demand, but will settle for $20. Or less. Just north of Phnom Penh thereÆs an entire shantytown of underage $2 Vietnamese whores.ö Children of rural poor are often sold by family and friends or are kidnapped outright and forced to work in the sex trade. As one activist for childrenÆs rights in Vi...

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