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A FORMER Vietnamese refugee who returned to her home country to fight human trafficking has been named the Global Citizen of the Year.
Diep Vuong received the honor in Dubai from the firm Henley & Partners, a global consulting firm in residence and citizenship planning, reported Saigoneer.
Vuong set up non-profit Pacific Link Foundation in Vietnam in 2001 dedicated to minimizing the impact of prostitution in Southeast Asia.
“Human trafficking is the major issue of our time, representing the ugly side of globalization,” said Vuong during her acceptance speech, according to VN Express.
“It is all-pervasive and yet largely ignored. The more we recognize the painful realities of our world, the more effective we can be in addressing and correcting them.”
Vuong came to the United States in 1980. She grew up in poverty, but managed to graduate from Harvard and San Jose State.
“The Global Citizen Award is granted each year to an inspiring individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to the global community,” said Christian H. Kalin of Henley & Partners. “Diep’s commitment to fighting the scourge of human trafficking, her uncompromising advocacy for the fundamental right not to be submitted to slavery, servitude, forced labor, or bonded labor, and her visionary and transformational holistic approach to preventing trafficking, makes her a worthy recipient of this annual award.”
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