Law enforcement authorities in Vietnam arrested two women for attempting to bring a 10-day old baby into China to be sold.

The women told police that they were paid $150 to get the baby.

The baby trade in Vietnam appears to be growing in recent months.

From AFP:

The arrests came after police here detained six Vietnamese who tried to take two newborn baby boys across the border into China for adoption last Monday.

Vietnamese police busted a trafficking syndicate in February, which sold babies to China for adoption, reportedly charging about 500 dollars each for girls and 1,000 dollars for boys.

The US embassy in Hanoi last month issued a damning report about widespread baby selling and rampant corruption in Vietnam’s adoption system, which led authorities here to cancel a bilateral adoption agreement.

The illegal adoptions market is listed at $1.3 Billion.