This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of rural-urban migration in Vietnam. It
addresses a wide range of important topics including Vietnam¿s household registration system
(ho khau) migration trends remittance behaviour and social networking. In addition it
examines migrants¿ earnings their children¿s schooling housing issues and their families¿
consumption behaviour in their destination cities. The book is mainly based on new data from
the Australian National University's ¿Study of Rural-Urban Migration in Vietnam with Insights
from China and Indonesiä (VRUM) project which identifies migrants from the large-scale
representative ¿Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey¿ 2012 (VHLSS2012). In addition to the
data from the VRUM project the book draws on other widely used data sources to provide a
comprehensive picture of rural-urban migrants in Vietnam. By highlighting the issues and
challenges brought about by the large-scale rural-urban migration in Vietnam the book helps
researchers and policymakers more effectively formulate policies to respond to those
challenges. Moreover Vietnam¿s experience can serve as lessons learnt to other transitional
developing countries.
