This picture taken on October 27, 2018 shows Lau Thi My, a Vietnamese woman who was duped into a trafficking ring in China, posing outside her house in Meo Vac, a mountainous border district between Vietnam's Ha Giang province and China. - Most people in this part of Vietnam have a story about bride trafficking. The victims come from poor communities and are tricked by boyfriends and sold, kidnapped against their will or move across the border by choice for marriage or the promise of work. My was 35 and fed up with her husband, an abusive drunk, when she grabbed her son and headed to the border. She went with a neighbour who promised her good work in China, but she fell prey to traffickers. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP) / TO GO WITH Mekong-China-women-trafficking-crime-Vietnam, FOCUS by Jenny Vaughan and Tran Thi Minh Ha
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