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Migration is always a hot issue that receives much attention of governments all over the world. Migration can strongly affect many aspects of a nation. Because of its great effects, many nation try to find solutions to control migration. Vietnam, a country in South East Asia, is no exception In the past ten years, Vietnam had a remarkable succeed on developing the level of economic growth and reducing the poverty. This goes hand in hand with important shifts in population. One of the shifts is the rapid increase in migration. In this paper, a careful look will be given to migration in Vietnam. The reasons and solutions for migration problems happening in Vietnam will be considered. The paper also pays attention to the relationship between Vietnam and the United States and the migrating from Vietnam to the United States throughout the history of Vietnam America relation.
Policies and Implementations to Prevent and Combat Trafficking in Persons in Vietnam
The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, 2019
In recent years, the situation of human trafficking activities in the world and the region continues to be complicated with the increasingly sophisticated nature, methods and tricks. In the Asia-Pacific region in general and the Mekong Sub-region countries in particular, including Vietnam, criminal activities of trafficking in people, especially women and children still take place; directly harm human life, health, honor, and dignity; adversely affect security and social order(UNODC, 2018a, 2018b). According to UNODC (2018b), this is where the crime of trafficking is very complicated, and the highest number of trafficked people is 11.7 million, accounting for about 70%. These areas are hot spots for crimes of trafficking with transnational and regional lines. In recent years, Vietnam has focused on promoting the prevention of human trafficking through participating in international treaties, building and perfecting the legal system and organizing law enforcement, dissemination and propaganda to raise awareness of people to prevent forced labor trade. First of all, at the 9 th Session of the XII National Assembly, Vietnam passed the Law on Human Trafficking Prevention and Combat in March 2011, it took effect in January 2012. This law provides the prevention, detection and handling of human trafficking acts and other acts in violation of criminal law referring trafficking in persons; receipt, verification and protection of and support for victims; international cooperation in human trafficking prevention and fight; and responsibilities of the Government, ministries, sectors and localities for human trafficking prevention and combat(National Assembly of Vietnam, 2011). And then, secondly, in particular, to concretize and implement policies and legal documents in Criminal Code and Human Trafficking Law, the Decree No. 62/2012/ND-CP stipulated the basis for determining victims of trafficking in persons and protect safety for their victims and relatives. Besides that, the Human Trafficking's Law deployed in combine with implementing vocational training to solve poverty reduction and gender equality; protecting children; support women and other programs on socioeconomic development to effectively address human trafficking. In particular, since 2016, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 793/QD-TTg approving the 30th July each year will become Anti-Human Trafficking Day, which aims to strengthen activities to prevent and combat human trafficking. Thirdly, in terms of international responses, Vietnam has joined the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UN TOC) since 8 th June 2012 as well as signed and ratified Protocol on the prevention and suppression of trafficking in particular trafficking in women and children since29 th December 2011 and the International Labour Organization's Convention No. 29 on Anti-Forced Labour. Notably, Vietnam also signed the ASEAN Convention against Trafficking in Persons (ACTIP) together with other members since 2015 at the 27 th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia.In Vietnam, on 13 th December 2016, the President signed Decision No.2674/2016/QD-CTN approving the ACTIP Convention, and the Convention officially takes effect for Vietnam from 8th March 2017. The ratification of the Convention contributes to demonstrating an active and proactive role, affirming the commitment of Vietnam and the
Review of In Camps: Vietnamese Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Repatriates by Jana Lipman
Journal of Asian Studies, 2022
this initiative to further develop their tapestry of the era's labor regimes as the project develops. This will involve refining the boundaries of what counts as "labor" migration; two of the essays suggest this is a work in progress. The movement of Vietnamese officials within the precolonial imperial bureaucracy (Emmanuel Poisson's essay) may well be thought of as a form of labor migration, but its inclusion underscores the absence of similar topics more relevant for a colonial-era project: these include the dozens of Nguyễn dynasty imperial officials who received some administrative practicums in France (which Christiane Rageau has written about), as well as the thousands of Vietnamese administrative subalterns in the French bureaucracy in Cambodia and Laos. Nguyen Phi Vân's excellent essay also seems a bit out of place, since the hundreds of thousands who left north for south during the partition of Vietnam were most obviously political and religious refugees (most were Catholic); some likely did migrate south for work or economic opportunities, but the essay does not explore that realm of their experience. The somewhat hazy parameters of this project's operative category raises questions about whether it should consider other forms of migration as well.
An analysis of interprovincial migration in Vietnam from 1989 to 2009
Global Health Action, 2012
Background: In Vietnam, reports either present general patterns of internal migration or the migration characteristics of specific subgroups. Reports are often based on small numbers and do not examine the relationships between socioeconomic factors and migration. Different reports classify migrant populations differently, presenting difficulties for researchers and policymakers to gain a consistent picture of migration (particularly of interprovincial migration) and limiting the ability of policymakers to plan services appropriately. This study describes the characteristics of all migrants in Vietnam, focusing on interprovincial migrants, and examines age and sex trends and correlations among in-migration, urbanization, and individual income. Methods: We analyzed data from the 15% sample survey in the 2009 Population and Housing Census, the 3% sample in the 1999 national census, the 5% sample in the 1989 national census, and selected data from the 2008 Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey. Logistic regression was used to identify socioeconomic factors related to migration. Results: In 2009, of 6.7 million internal migrants (approximately 6.5% of the total population), 3.4 million were interprovincial migrants. Three notable trends were observed between 1989 and 2009: (i) the total population is characterized by increasing proportions of migrants; (ii) the proportion of female migrants is growing; and (iii) the average age of migrants is decreasing. Socioeconomic factors related to interprovincial migration include provincial economic status (monthly income per capita: OR04.62, p00.005) and urbanization (proportion of urban population: OR 03.47, p00.019), suggesting that provinces with high monthly income per capita and urbanization are more likely to have higher rates of in-migration. Conclusion: These findings reflect the effects of unequally growing labor markets in Vietnamese provinces on migration, and are suggestive of infrastructure improvements and public service needs in these areas. Analysis of migration can provide useful information for planning health and social services and for policymaking for national economic development.
Vietnamese Trajectories: Negotiating Refuge and Belonging Through Forced Migrations
Joining other ‘boat people’ following the end of the Vietnam or American War in 1975, Chinese Vietnamese refugees made up the majority of more than 200,000 Vietnamese nationals who landed in Hong Kong harbour over two decades from 1975 until 1996. Labelled ‘Chinese’ by the Vietnamese but considered ‘Vietnamese’ by Hong Kong Chinese authorities, many of these refugees were refused asylum in Hong Kong and were forced to migrate once again prior to the British handover of the Hong Kong colony to China in 1997. Between 1978 and 1996, over 40,000 Vietnamese were airlifted to the UK.
Conference Call for Engaging With Vietnam 11_ Leiden July 2019
2019
The 11th Engaging With Vietnam Conference Call Vietnam in Europe, Europe in Vietnam: Identity, Transnationality and Mobility of People, Ideas and Practices across Time and Space 15-16 July 2019, Leiden, the Netherlands In conjunction with The 11th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 11) Conference 16-19 July 2019, Leiden, the Netherlands engagingwithvietnam.org & engagingwithvietnamconference.org https://iias.asia/event/icas-11 Engaging With Vietnam is very delighted to announce its 11th Engaging With Vietnam Conference (EWV 11), which is going to be held on 15-16 July 2019 in Leiden, the Netherlands, alongside the 11th International Convention of Asia Scholars Conference (ICAS 11) on 16-19 July 2019.
Socio-economic Situation of Vietnam in the Context of the Development of New Forms of Migration
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences
Authors analyze migration and tourism in the context of social and economic development of Vietnam as these processes objectively influence the social and economic situation in Vietnam: Vietnam is on the fourteenth place in the world on population, being one of the most densely populated countries of Southeast Asia, possesses unique climatic conditions, rich stories, the convenient transport geographical position. Vietnam is the labor-surplus country and considerable part of the labor traditionally exports abroad. Vietnam actively develops. In it the middle class that is ready to train children abroad forms and wants to travel abroad as tourists. Vietnam becomes more and more active participant of migratory processes and the popular tourist direction in the global economy. The authorities of Vietnam pay considerable attention to the relief of passport and visa formalities for foreign citizens, first, of tourists. Economic migration from Russia is followed by capital export, which is put in business and economy of Southeast Asia, first, to Vietnam and Thailand. From 1990th to this region the flow of tourists and migrants from Russia considerably increased, many of which opened the business afterwards here, constantly live or regularly come, buy real estate, open shops, the enterprises, and restaurants. There are new forms of social and economic adaptation of Russians in the countries of this region result. In some Southeast Asian countries, "the Russian presence" becomes not only noticeable but also dominating. So, today Vietnam activates policy on the attraction of the foreign investments where it considers the Russian investments as a priority. Researchers note, that in the beginning of the second decade of the XXI century are available two determining tendencies in world society as the new directions of modeling of methodology of public strategic planning: 1) increase of uniformity of the world; 2) the parallel strengthening of its complexity and even diversity caused by effect of hashing of diverse components of the general world space by means of the intensified migratory flows
Over the past few years, Lao PDR has been facing a strong seasonal and illegal migration movement to Thailand, attracting a rising number of female migrants. In the near future, due to its unique geographical situation at the crossroads of the GMS, Lao PDR will likely to tackle an explosion of labor migration flows resulting from the ongoing regionalization processes, generating demand for sexual and labor exploitation as well. Yet, there exists some significant gaps in the available information about the nature and extent of the link/overlap between migration and trafficking. Can patterns be identified to distinguish trafficking from illegal migration? If so, are these patterns linked to vulnerability factors, to awareness levels, to routes taken, to connections? Finding answers to such questions calls for an innovative investigation that can inform us on how migration turns into trafficking and, more generally, on how trafficking operates, thus allowing GMS policy makers to govern migration for both national development and regional integration. We hypothesize that an identifiable distinction exists between illegal migration and trafficking and that certain individuals or groups of people are more vulnerable to exploitation than others. Through an Action Research carried out with AFESIP, an international NGO, based on a narrative analysis of life story material from residents of its Rehabilitation Centre, this paper intends to open the way to new approaches to migration discourse, building evidence base for debates, policies and interventions in the Mekong region.