Report highlights Vietnamese child labour

A new study says Vietnamese children as young as 11 are working up to 18 hours a day, often unpaid and unable to contact their families.

According to a new study, Vietnamese children as young as 11 are working up to 18 hours a day, often unpaid and unable to contact their families.

The study by Monash University and the children's foundation Blue Dragon examined 57 households, of which almost three-quarters had sent at least one child to work in Saigon.

Professor of law at Monash University Susan Kneebone was a leading researcher in the project.

She says low-income families are promised their children will undertake fulfilling, paid work in Saigon.

But Professor Kneebone told Ella Archibald-Binge the reality is quite different.

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