Internal migration survey 2015 in Vietnam announced
Vietnam has witnessed a strong wave of migration within the country over the past three decades, as reported at a workshop held by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the General Statistics Office (GSO) in Hanoi on December 16.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamhas witnessed a strong wave of migration within the country over the past threedecades, as reported at a workshop held by the United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA) and the General Statistics Office (GSO) in Hanoi on December 16.
According to the internal migration survey2015, among total emigrants aged between 15 and 59 years, women made up 52.4percent, consolidating the outcome of “female migration” found in previoussurveys.
The proportion of skilled migrant people wasfound higher than that of non-migrant ones (31.7 percent compared to 24.5percent).
In fact, many youngsters moved to urban areasto pursue higher education.
The southeastern region – which is home to a lotof industrial parks - records the biggest number of migrant workers (87.8percent), followed by the Red River Delta (81.0 percent).
The GSO said up to 42.6 percent of migrantpeople reported that accommodations were the most difficult issue they faced.
UNFPA Chief Representative Astrid Bant said thesurvey provides evidence on the positive impacts as well as challenges in thefield, which will help Vietnam define necessary changes in its policy tosupport poor and vulnerable emigrants.
Director of the GSO Nguyen Bich Lam said thesurvey aims to collect information on internal migration to build propersocio-economic development policies for emigrants.
The GSO and the UNFPA called on the localgovernment, ministries, research institutes, businesses and universities tomake more investment in the analysis of the survey’s data to design supportingpolicies for migrant people.
The 2015 National Internal Migration Survey,the second of its kind, was conducted in 20 centrally-run cities and provincesrepresenting six socio-economic regions and two major cities of Hanoi and HoChi Minh. The first one was carried out in 2004.-VNA
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Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
