A ten-year-old girl tested positive for the bird flu virus Wednesday, Phan
Van Tu, director of the laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh
City said.

Vo Thi Ngoan, from Long An province, was in a critical condition and only
able to breathe with the assistance of a respirator, said Ha Manh Tuan,
the deputy director of Hospital of Pediatrics in Ho Chi Minh City.

Her family raised dozens of chickens that suddenly died of bird flu at the
beginning of the year, Tuan said.

The test result of a sample taken from a 39-year-old woman, also from Long
An province, who died of suspected bird flu Saturday night is not
available yet, Phan Van Tu said.

Bird flu has so far been confirmed to have killed nine people and infected
three others since outbreaks reoccurred in Vietnam in mid-December.

Two siblings, whose brother has already died of the disease, are the first
to make a recovery from the disease in the current outbreak.

Nguyen Thanh Hung, 42, who tested positive to bird flu last Tuesday, has
fully recovered after nearly two weeks of treatment at the Institute of
Tropical Diseases in Bach Mai hospital in Hanoi, a doctor of the institute
said.

"If there is no change, Hung will be discharged this Friday," the doctor
said on condition of anonymity.

Hung's 36-year-old brother, Nguyen Viet Hung, who also tested positive to
bird flu, was in good condition and was receiving outpatient treatment in
Thai Binh province, the doctor said.

"Thanks to the intensive treatment and proper diet, both patients have
recovered their health," the doctor said.

Since the end of last year, bird flu has spread to 25 provinces with 454
outbreaks. More than 610,000 poultry have died or been culled, according
to the latest report released by department of animal health of the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

STOP organized Anti-trafficking Rally in New Seema Puri and Bawana areas of New Delhi on December 5, 2005 on the occasion of Anti-trafficking day. The main purpose of these rallies was to create awareness generation in these two areas, because traffickers always target these localities.



A large participation of locals are shows the concern and anger, specially the women and young girls. The messages to combat trafficking and exploitation of children and women spread through street plays and community singing.



Community awareness and vigilance has always been a strong point of STOP's intervention in its effort to fight against trafficking said Ms Debabrata, President of STOP, she added that these rallies were organized to increase the community awarenss.

In August 2004, a 3-month-pregnant woman and her friend who went to gather banana leaves were raped and shot dead by a patrol of SPDC troops from LIB514 in a forest in Murng Khun village tract, Murng-Kerng township.
Naang Thawn, aged 22, who was 3 months pregnant, and her friend, Naang Wun, aged 20, were originally from Kung Maak Ti village which had been forcibly relocated to Murng Khun village in Murng Khun village tract, Murng-Kerng township, in 1997 by the then SLORC (State Law and Order Restoration Council) troops.
On 28 August 2004, the 2 women went together to gather banana leaves in the forest near their village to sell them for little extra money. As they were gathering leaves, a patrol of about 20-25 SPDC troops from LIB514, led by commander Maung Myint, surrounded and arrested the women.
The SPDC troops gang-raped the 2 women and later shot both of them dead in the forest about 4 kilometres east of Murng Khun village in Murng Khun village tract, Murng-Kerng township. Some time later, some SPDC troops were heard telling villagers that they had raped and killed 2 women because they were wives of Shan soldiers.