Two women trafficked from Myanmar and Vietnam to Zhen'an county in Shaanxi province, were rescued and sent home by police, Xi'an Evening News reported on Wednesday.

Zhen'an police received reports in March and April saying that foreign women were being trafficked to the county to marry elderly farmers.

After an investigation, police found that a woman from Myanmar was trafficked to marry a farmer in December 2012, and another woman from Vietnam was trafficked to marry a farmer in June, 2012.

Police rescued the two women and on May 24, sent them back home by train.