'Brides' trafficked from Vietnam rescued by police

Police in Yunnan province have rescued 17 Vietnamese women after an eight-month investigation into a cross-border human trafficking network.

Sixteen of the victims have been safely repatriated while the other woman, who is pregnant, has asked to remain in China, according to the Kaiyuan railway police.

The women were all abducted in Vietnam before being trafficked to China and sold as brides in seven Chinese provinces, including Henan, Anhui, Shandong, Jiangsu and Guangdong, for up to 100,000 yuan ($15,870) per victim.