China, Vietnam fight human-trafficking

China and Vietnam will expand intelligence sharing and case investigations in the fight against rampant cross-border trafficking of women, a senior Ministry of Public Security official said.

The ministry has said that the number of such cases dropped slightly last year thanks to the two countries' intensified efforts, but it did not release details.

"We're still engaged in a bitter battle to eliminate cross-border human trafficking, which arises out of unbalanced economic development and loopholes in social management," Chen Shiqu, deputy director of the ministry's Criminal Investigation Department, said recently in an exclusive interview.