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Vietnam police arrest two over baby trafficking to China
HANOI (AFP) — Police in Vietnam have arrested two women for involvement in baby trafficking into China and rescued a 10-day-old boy, state media said on Monday.
Hoang Thi Hien, 36, and Truong Thi Loat, 42, were detained last Sunday as they tried to cross the border into China with the child, said the police-run Cong An Nhan Dan newspaper.
They told police they received 1,000 yuan (143 dollars) to buy the baby for adoption by a Chinese woman, the paper said, adding the child was taken to a social welfare centre.
The arrests came after police here detained six Vietnamese who tried to take two newborn baby boys across the border into China for adoption last Monday.
Vietnamese police busted a trafficking syndicate in February, which sold babies to China for adoption, reportedly charging about 500 dollars each for girls and 1,000 dollars for boys.
The US embassy in Hanoi last month issued a damning report about widespread baby selling and rampant corruption in Vietnam's adoption system, which led authorities here to cancel a bilateral adoption agreement.
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