Groundbreaking ceremony of Sunflower House project in Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of December 13, Nghe An Provincial People's Committee coordinated with the British Embassy in Hanoi and Blue Dragon Children's Organization to hold the groundbreaking ceremony for the "Sunflower House" project at the Provincial Social Work Center.

Attending the ceremony were Mr. Giles Lever - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to Vietnam, Michael Brosowski - Head of Project Office in Vietnam, Blue Dragon Children's Organization.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, representatives of leaders of a number of provincial departments, branches and sectors.

Delegates attending the ceremony.

The "Sunflower House" project, funded by the British Embassy in Hanoi through the Blue Dragon Children's Foundation, in coordination with the People's Committee of Nghe An province, aims to build a shelter to reintegrate victims of human trafficking in the Central region of Vietnam.

The Sunflower House project will build houses number 3 and number 4 in the above master plan.

In recent years, in the Central region in general and Nghe An in particular, human trafficking activities have been increasing and spreading, with many sophisticated methods and tricks.

The province has carried out activities to combat human trafficking and support victims such as propaganda and dissemination to raise awareness; establishing interdisciplinary teams to go to localities to conduct surveys; coordinating with domestic and foreign authorities to combat and rescue victims; attracting foreign non-governmental aid to implement programs and projects on preventing and combating human trafficking across borders.

Mr. Giles Lever - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to Vietnam emphasized the importance of the project in combating cross-border human trafficking.

Speaking at the ceremony, British Ambassador to Vietnam Giles Lever emphasized that the project is one of the practical and important activities, demonstrating the promise of former British Prime Minister David Cameron during his visit to Vietnam last year to strengthen coordination between the British government and Vietnam to combat cross-border human trafficking.

“We have been working closely with Nghe An and other localities to provide services to victims of human trafficking, help them reintegrate into the community, raise public awareness of the risks of becoming victims of human trafficking and learn more about safe migration,” the Ambassador shared.

He also said that the project has been implemented smoothly so far thanks to the active cooperation of the People's Committee of Nghe An province and the province's functional agencies. He hopes that the parties can continue to cooperate to successfully implement the project and in the future, Sunflower House in Nghe An will become a high-standard center, a good model for other localities to learn from and strive for.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Hoa spoke at the ceremony and invited the British Embassy to make a long visit to learn more about the land and people of Nghe An.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, comrade Le Ngoc Hoa highly appreciated the profound humanitarian significance of the project, helping victims of trafficking and those at risk of being trafficked have a safe place to live and enjoy full rights to reintegrate into the community and become useful citizens to society.

“I believe this will be a reliable address to help victims and potential victims of human trafficking in Central Vietnam find safe refuge and receive effective reintegration support services,” the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee affirmed.

In relation to bilateral diplomatic relations, he affirmed: "The project also has important foreign relations, contributing to building friendly relations between Vietnam in general and Nghe An in particular with the United Kingdom".

Project groundbreaking ceremony.

Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa presented flowers to the Ambassador.

On this occasion, the provincial leaders and the Nghe An Provincial Social Work Center also presented flowers and souvenirs to the British Embassy delegation./.

Thu Giang