For Vietnamese trafficked to Cambodia, rescue can't come fast enough

While they are waiting for Vietnamese and Cambodian authorities to rescue their trafficked children, many parents in Vietnam are sitting on hot coals.  Some have even mortgaged their house to raise enough money to pay "ransoms," fearing their child might even be killed otherwise.

Every night for the past three months Tran Thi Nhung and her husband, Phan Van Hanh, of Hoa My Dong Commune in Tay Hoa District in the south-central province of Phu Yen have been waiting for their son to call.

Tran Thi Nhung waits anxiously for her son to return home from Cambodia. Photo by VnExpress/Minh Tam

Since early June their oldest son, Phan Van Duc, 26, has been allowed to call them off and on to report on his situation and plead for help. The last time he called he told them he had been severely beaten, could not breathe, vomited the meager porridge he had eaten, and was forced to work until 3 am every day.

 

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