Tien, 21, was kidnapped and sold to human traffickers in China when she was 17. She wants to become a social worker to help other people. Photo: Yen Duong Tien, 21, was kidnapped and sold to human traffickers in China when she was 17. She wants to become a social worker to help other people. Photo: Yen Duong
Tien, 21, was kidnapped and sold to human traffickers in China when she was 17. She wants to become a social worker to help other people. Photo: Yen Duong

Human trafficking

This Week in Asia /  Society

From Vietnam, without love: the child brides of China

In the rural mountains of Vietnam, young girls are disappearing from their homes with increasing regularity. Many turn up across the border, sold as wives for the price of a buffalo

Topic |   Human trafficking
Yen Duong
Yen Duong

Updated: 8:58am, 17 Jun, 2018

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Tien, 21, was kidnapped and sold to human traffickers in China when she was 17. She wants to become a social worker to help other people. Photo: Yen Duong Tien, 21, was kidnapped and sold to human traffickers in China when she was 17. She wants to become a social worker to help other people. Photo: Yen Duong
Tien, 21, was kidnapped and sold to human traffickers in China when she was 17. She wants to become a social worker to help other people. Photo: Yen Duong
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