How Vietnam hopes to open to trade – by opening up its prisons to scrutiny

As a lucrative deal with the EU looms the country is rushing to repair its reputation on human rights, which has been plagued by reports of forced labourAn inmate grasps a hefty wooden mallet and smashes it through concrete at his feet, working in the shade of a stately white building that his fellow prisoners are constructing in southern Vietnam.Police officers in bold green uniforms usher everyone away from the men working in faded, olive and white-striped prison garb. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jul/15/vietnam-is-cleaning-up-its-human-rights-image-will-this-change-its-prisons #forced_labour #vietnam #global_development #human_rights #world_news #asia_pacific #european_union