Vietnam's Forced Labor Centers

New ILRF Report: Vietnam’s Forced Labor Centers

A series of interviews conducted by ILRF partners with recently released drug center detainees in Vietnam confirm that forced labor, torture, and other human rights abuses continue in the centers, despite the government’s pledge to scale up voluntary forms of drug treatment. 

Now is the time for the international community to send a clear message to the Government of Vietnam: forced labor cannot be legally or medically justified as “treatment” for drug dependence. International donor organizations, multinational companies that source from Vietnam, and the U.S. and EU should renew the call for immediate closure of drug detention centers.