| Author | Truong Si Anh |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.HS-93-29 |
| Subject(s) | Migration, Internal--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. HS-93-29 |
| Abstract | The policies to restrict spontaneous or unplanned migration to Ho Chi Minh
City were introduced soon after 1975. There is little doubt that these policies
were quite effective and migration issues were of rather less concern than those
of fertility and others until the second ha l f of the 1980 decade. Migration has,
however, increasingly preoccupied the Cit y's authorities, policy-makers and
planners actually since the late 1980s when tens of thousands people were
flocking into the City each year. As a result, the migration has increasingly
been viewed as major contributors to most of the mounting urban dilemmas and
problems. Hence, immense efforts have been dedicated to both decentralising the
City's population and stopping migration inflows. However, most aspects of
migration have so far been still inadequately known. Meanwhile the migration
restricting policies seemed to have become inappropriate and no longer efficient,
and even causing more undesirable effects than the intended ones.
With the purpose of providing a better understanding of recent migration
to Ho Chi Minh City as a basis for revising and reformulating the existing
policies, this study first examines the major demographic and socio-economic
characteristics of the migrants such as age, sex, education, economic activity,
and income. Then, based on their individual characteristics and subjective
oprn1ons, the study attempts to reveal the major causes and motivations of
migration, which should be crucial to making decision on interventionary policies
and estimating the extent of their success.
The core of this study is an analysis of the main consequences and impacts
of migration on individual migrants and to a rat her limited extent also on the
area of origin and destination. This way the study addresses the issues which
have long been a source of controversy in Viet Nam. All this, in combination with
preliminary assessments of the existing migration control policies, should
provide useful premises for revising these policies.
Implications and recommendations for follow-up actions in the area of
policy issues include the need for a shift from 'counter migration ' approach to
adoptionist one and emphasising on policies to help quick adjustment and
assimilation of the migrants to the City's environment; the policies and measures
to strengthen urban management and raise urban finance for offsetting the
negative consequences of migration and so on. |
| Year | 1993 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. HS-93-29 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Amin, A.T.M. Nurul; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Weber, Karl E.;Routray, Jayant Kumar; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA); |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1993 |