Prostitution in Vietnam

Prostitution in Vietnam

Prostitution in Vietnam is a major social issue that particularly affects women and children. Child prostitution is a problem. [ cite web
url= http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/eap/819.htm
title= Vietnam
publisher= US State Department
date= February 23, 2001
] Sex education has been limited because of Vietnam’s traditional bias against the public mention of anything sexual. [ cite news
last= Pastoetter
first= Jakob
url= http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/IES/vietnam.html
title= Vietnam
publisher= The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality
] Vietnam is a destination for sex tourism. Some prostitutes who found difficult to earn their livings would opt to matchmaker agencies in overseas such as Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia as Vietnamese brides for sales.

References

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/366641.stm Vietnam on sex tourism alert]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,978725-1,00.html Defiling the Children]


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