abusesaffiliationarrow-downarrow-leftarrow-rightarrow-upattack-typeburgerchevron-downchevron-leftchevron-rightchevron-upClock iconclosedeletedevelopment-povertydiscriminationdollardownloademailenvironmentexternal-linkfacebookfiltergenderglobegroupshealthC4067174-3DD9-4B9E-AD64-284FDAAE6338@1xinformation-outlineinformationinstagraminvestment-trade-globalisationissueslabourlanguagesShapeCombined Shapeline, chart, up, arrow, graphLinkedInlocationmap-pinminusnewsorganisationotheroverviewpluspreviewArtboard 185profilerefreshIconnewssearchsecurityPathStock downStock steadyStock uptagticktooltiptwitteruniversalityweb
Article

28 Oct 2010

Author:
Than Nien News [Vietnam]

Runaway prompts police probe into gold mine slavery [Vietnam]

A 15-year-old boy who fled a brutal existence as a gold miner has prompted a police investigation into concerns that 20 others from his village have suffered a similar fate. Dinh Van Diet allegedly lost his way while escaping virtual slavery at a gold mine in the central Quang Nam Province’s Phuoc Son District – one of the areas with the richest gold reserves in Vietnam...Diet’s case is not the first instance of rural migrant workers fleeing from forced labor in the Phuoc Son gold mines...