Human trafficking (HT) involves the recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them. Human trafficking is a $150 billion annual business, and the problem is growing day by day.

In recent years, international laws regarding slavery and trafficking in the global supply chain, such as the 2010 California Transparency in Supply Chain Act (SB 657), 2015 UK Modern Slavery Act, 2017 French Corporate Duty of Vigilance Law and 2018 Australia Modern Slavery Act, have been passed. These laws require corporations doing businesses operating in the mentioned countries and states to annually report on their efforts to safeguard their supply chains and combat slavery and human trafficking.

Vietnam is a top source country, rather than destination country, for trafficking victims. Its growing reputation as a global manufacturing destination also means that its industrial zones are now not just a hub for low-skilled labor, but also traffickers who prey on the hundreds of thousands of uninformed migrant workers from rural areas. Victims recruited from factories are trafficked regionally and internationally to countries such as the UK, China and Malaysia.