Mạng lưới quan hệ họ hàng và quyết định di cư nước ngoài của lao động từ khu vực nông thôn Việt Nam

Abstract

This paper examines the kinship networks, particularly the various ways in which the networks are utilized to assist the decision-making process of migration by Vietnamese workers from rural areas. Drawing on surveys and semi-structured interviews made to migrant workers and their family members it shows that Vietnamese migrants capitalize on different functions of their kinship networks to facilitate their migratory endeavors to be successful. The paper provides deep insights into the way migration choices are made by Vietnamese workers and, at the same time, underscores the impact of the family networks on their migration choice.