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Dear Mark There is considerable anxiety regarding the use of child labour in the production of items then purchased in "the West".  Children are portrayed as exploited, unrepresented, no inspections,... Show more »Dear Mark

There is considerable anxiety regarding the use of child labour in the production of items then purchased in "the West".  Children are portrayed as exploited, unrepresented, no inspections, no health and safety regulations or guidance.  Often these "factories" are run directly or at arms length by UK companies. 

What role does the embassy play in ensuring that the UK is not de facto supporting the use of such economic drivers and ensuring that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child are (a) acknowledged and (b) implemented. 

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Linh86 at Mar 23 2009 12:00:00 AM : 

Dear Chrisc

I would like to say something cause I'm a Vietnamese and maybe you want to know about child labour in my country. As I know there are not any English company use children as workers in my country. There are child labour but that's kind of company weren't allowed to export their produce to anywhere (there are careful inspection with exporter) , these companies are in the dark and they soon will be caught. In fact, products made by children is not hight quality, do not meet English quality requirements, and that kind of product can't be exported to England. Products made by children will be sold for poor people in my country, who need cheap and low quality products. This is what I know about child labour in Vietnam.

I'm very worry about dark companies use child labour in Vietnam and I know the police will catch them soon.

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