{"id":13294,"date":"2012-06-08T03:06:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T03:06:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-15T11:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:01:48","slug":"mtv-concert-in-hanoi-to-ban-human-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13294","title":{"rendered":"MTV concert in Hanoi to ban human trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"

A campaign to end exploitation and human trafficking hit a high note, with a concert to raise awareness in Hanoi.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At first glance, the pop concert might have very little to do with human trafficking but these artists have turned up the volume on the silent crime of modern day slavery.<\/p>\n

They contributed their time and their talent to raise awareness of this heinous crime that affects 2.5 million people around the world each year.<\/p>\n

Traffickers target men and women, often young people from the countryside, who are eager for better lives.<\/p>\n

They win their trust and trick them, selling them into forced labour or to the sex trade.<\/p>\n

On average in Vietnam, a trafficked person is worth around US$250<\/strong>, but the price can go up to US$700.<\/p>\n

MTV Exit, the music channel’s campaign to end exploitation and trafficking, said the entire industry is worth an estimated US$32 billion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And getting rid of this serious global human rights violation will take an enormous amount of cooperation.<\/p>\n

Many countries in Southeast Asia lack the law enforcement and judicial capacity to tackle human trafficking<\/strong>, but progress is being made.<\/p>\n

Here is a performance by girl group, Brown Eyed Girls at the concert<\/strong>
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