June 25, 2014

Report highlights Vietnamese child labour

by • [Human Rights]

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Ella Archibald-Binge, SBS | 24 JUN 2014
A new study says Vietnamese children as young as 11 are working up to 18 hours a day, often unpaid and unable to contact their families.
According to a new study, Vietnamese children as young as 11 are working up to 18 hours a day, often unpaid and unable to contact their families.
This picture taken on March 7, 2012 shows 12-year-old Dao hilltribe ethnic girls carrying vegetable in the northern province of Ha Giang. Women participate in many differents daily economic activities and some official studies show that women often work harder than men, especially in rural areas. AFP PHOTO /HOANG DINH Nam (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)

This picture taken on March 7, 2012 shows 12-year-old Dao hilltribe ethnic girls carrying vegetable in the northern province of Ha Giang. Women participate in many differents daily economic activities and some official studies show that women often work harder than men, especially in rural areas. AFP PHOTO /HOANG DINH Nam (Photo credit should read HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)

The study by Monash University and the children’s foundation Blue Dragon examined 57 households, of which almost three-quarters had sent at least one child to work in Saigon.

Professor of law at Monash University Susan Kneebone was a leading researcher in the project.

She says low-income families are promised their children will undertake fulfilling, paid work in Saigon.

But Professor Kneebone told Ella Archibald-Binge the reality is quite different.

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