Vietnam jails 4 for trafficking women to China
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced four people to up to 10 years in prison for trafficking women to China.
The state-run Thanh Nien newspaper says the four were convicted of selling 14 women to a ring headed by a Vietnamese woman living in China. Wednesday's report says the women were forced to marry Chinese men.
The four were given jail sentences ranging from four to 10 years at a one-day trial Tuesday in southern Tay Ninh province.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Court officials were not available for comment.
According to the report, the ring operated from 2009 until it was uncovered last May, and received 5,000 Chinese Yuan ($760) for each smuggled woman.