Celebrities join combat trafficking

Solidarity: Brown-Eyed Women on stage in the MTV concert on Saturday. — File Photo

The bands, Simple Plan and Brown Eyed Women, set fire to audiences in an MTV concert inside my Dinh Stadium on Saturday evening to Finish Exploitation and Trafficking (EXIT).

These were became a member of by Australian singer Kate Burns-Heidke and native artists, including female pop singer My Tam, rock-band Buc Tuong (The Wall) and rapper Karik.

The 2 bands expressed their support from the multi-media MTV EXIT campaign through 14 tunes and spoke out in a press conference in Ha Noi yesterday.

Brown Eyed Women stated these were shocked by human trafficking in Asia. Being women, they sympathised using the sufferers, they stated.

Founded in 2006, the girlband stated they'd supported social issues in the start, supporting many community and charitable organisation works. Group people stated these were pleased to join the MTV campaign to boost individuals understanding of human trafficking.

They stated many new groups were being founded daily in Columbia, however they were confident they'd maintain their recognition, because of their talent and contribution to social works.

Boyband The Easy Plan also stated taking part in community activities was vital that you them.

Beyond music, these were worried about society, they stated. They'd many fans in Viet Nam, so that they had decided to perform within the concert to assist solve a persons trafficking problem.

The Canadian band stated they analyzed concerning the country on television and also the internet prior to the trip and loved eating Vietnamese food in Montreal.

But going through the actual Viet Nam was a lot more interesting, they stated.

Prior to the concert, the overall director from the culture ministry's Department of Worldwide Co-operation, Nguyen Van Tinh, stated preventing trafficking and also the protection of human privileges was extremely important. He stated the federal government had strict laws and regulations from the practice coupled with worked with with worldwide organisations to assist sufferers integrate to their towns.

US Ambassador to Viet Nam David Shear stated human trafficking would be a worldwide scourge that nations must interact to deal with.

"The federal government is proud to become dealing with MTV along with other partners to boost understanding of people trafficking, using the shared purpose of helping youthful folks Viet Nam and round the region to know the things they can perform to safeguard themselves as well as their towns," Shear stated.