China’s one child policy led to 30 million more men than women in the past 36 years, which has directly driven up bride trafficking from neighboring countries. Like Lào Cai, on the border of Vietnam: this mountainous rural province is a hotspot for human trafficking. Girls and women are tricked in various ways–from friends inviting them to a birthday party to promises of higher paying jobs–only to end up in forced marriages, unable to escape, subject to the behaviour of their husbands.<br /><br />Compassion House in Lào Cai is a long-term shelter for female trafficking survivors, and since 2010 they have supported nearly 300 women and girls–some as young as 12 years old. Every year, human traffickers earn over 150B USD, third only to drugs and weapon trafficking. According to the UN, only 1% of all victims of human trafficking are rescued globally. Here are some stories from survivors who escaped. <br /><br />Director<br />Janny Chi Lê<br />Hồng Anh Nguyễn<br /><br />Producers<br />Christina Bui<br />Jenni Trang Le<br /><br />Editor<br />Hồng Anh Nguyễn<br />Pedro Román<br /><br />Director of Photography<br />Janny Chi Lê<br /><br />Script Consultant<br />Diane Truong<br />Loan Luong<br /><br />Translation <br />Janny Chi Lê<br /><br />Editor-in-Chief<br />Keshia Hannam<br /><br />Head of Production<br />Stephanie Tangkilisan<br /><br />Producer<br />Joy Jihyun Jeong<br /><br />Post Production Coordinator<br />Skolastika Lupitawina<br /><br />Color<br />Nadya Sabrina<br /><br />Sound<br />David Alba<br /><br />Interviewers<br />Jenni Trang Le<br /><br />Special Thanks<br />Pacific Links Foundation<br />Be Ba Phan<br />Bich Ngoc Nguyen<br />Diep Vuong<br />Dung Nguyen<br />Ngan Nguyen<br />Nhu Vu
