Becoming and being urban in Hanoi: Rural-urban migration and relations in Viet Nam

Nguyen, Tuan Anh; Rigg, Jonathan; Huong, Luong Thi Thu; Diệu, Đinh Thị

doi:10.1080/03066150.2011.652618

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“…In addition, a few participants were able to reserve some surplus to keep as savings for the future, or to remit to their 162 parents in the villages. This echoed the findings of other studies on internal migrants in Vietnam (such as De Brauw, 2010;Le & Nguyen, 2011;Rigg et al, 2012).…”

Section: The Role Of Social Economic and Cultural Capital In Migrationsupporting

confidence: 65%

“…The gradual accumulation process of economic resources among migrants has been shown in many other empirical works (Naila Kabeer & Mahmud, 2004 ;Rigg et al, 2012). Though it can be said that most study participants had an improvement in their financial situation, 'upward movement' was not yet clearly observed because they could not make a significant amount of money due to their relatively low wages.…”

Section: The Role Of Social Economic and Cultural Capital In Migrationmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…In addition, the rural-urban distinction has also become blurred due to the merging of rural districts into urban areas as a result of urban expansion and the reclassification of non-urban districts. Furthermore, diverse groups of migrants have become part of the urban society: with or without hộ khẩu (Koh, 2006;Rigg et al, 2012). Such changes strongly influence the ways in which migrants see themselves in the urban socio-economic domain.…”

Section: Approaches To Understanding "Identity" In the Context Of Tramentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This construction of rural migrants contrasts with urban dwellers who are often seen as high quality, civilised, modern, and sophisticated consumers, and who are able to self-cultivate with private resources (Schwenkel & Leshkowich, 2012 (2011) shows how women migrants demonstrate their agency in reaffirming their identities on the move. Rigg et al (2012) describe the process of 'becoming' and 'being' in Hanoi of a group of peasants who lived and worked in Hanoi as migrants but had yet to become 'Hanoians'. Karis (2013) discusses the status of the 'unofficial Hanoian', referring to how the well-established rural migrants living and working in Hanoi for several years mobilise their networks to move ahead and go around their non-Hanoi resident status when dealing with the bureaucrats.…”

Section: Approaches To Understanding "Identity" In the Context Of Tramentioning

confidence: 99%

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Understanding the lived experiences and identities of young rural to urban migrant workers in Vietnam

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Internal migration is the migration from one location to another within a country. Migration from a rural to an urban area is typically part of the urbanisation process. It is considered a livelihood strategy and poverty reduction solution for many people in medium-and low-income countries such as China, Indonesia, and Vietnam to name a few. In Vietnam, rural to urban migration has increased steadily over the past few decades. Greater numbers of young people in particular have migrated out of villages to find jobs in towns and cities. There are growing concerns about the social life and working conditions of such young migrant workers, and how these experiences shape their emerging identities during early adulthood. However, there is little in-depth empirical understanding about the lived experiences of young internal migrants.This thesis contributes to our understanding of the lived social and work experiences of young Vietnamese people who migrate from the countryside to the city for work. These experiences are important in themselves as well as an important contextualisation of how young Vietnamese migrants form and reconstruct their identities in the new urban context. Given the purpose of the study is to provide an in-depth understanding of the experiences and identities of young migrants, this research employed a qualitative research approach using three data collection techniques namely, participant interviews, adapted photovoice and field observation. Photovoice is an innovative research method developed by Wang and Burries (1997), which involves the participants taking photos and then discussing them with the researcher. The study was conducted in the city of Hanoi, Vietnam, with twenty young migrant workers, aged 18 to 24 years, who had migrated to Hanoi for work one-to-four years earlier. Thematic analysis of the data was undertaken applying three concepts of habitus, field, and capital from Bourdieu's theory of practice to analyse the data to enable an understanding of the themes of work and living experiences, and the identities of the participants.The young people in this study left their villages for the city with a hope for better jobs, better incomes, and to build better lives and better futures; however, their lives also involved hardships and difficulties. Due to a lack of skills, qualifications, and work experience, most participants were employed in unskilled employment sectors that offered low pay and harsh conditions, and involved a lack of opportunity for career development and advancement. Social capital, in the form of social networks, was very important in connecting young people to their jobs, accommodation, and other opportunities in the city. In addition, their economic resources, together with social resources, played a prominent role in shaping the experiences and social and material i outcomes of their migration. Work constituted an important part of life for all participants, as it not only gave them money to cover their living expenses, but, more importantly, it enabled...

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Section: The Role Of Social Economic and Cultural Capital In Migrationsupporting

confidence: 65%

Section: The Role Of Social Economic and Cultural Capital In Migrationmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Approaches To Understanding "Identity" In the Context Of Tramentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Approaches To Understanding "Identity" In the Context Of Tramentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Gillen and Rigg are principal investigators on the project and we have conducted research in Vietnam since 2002 and 2010, respectively. This particular triauthored configuration arose out of previous work conducted by Nguyen and Rigg in Hanoi on rural-urban relations (see Nguyen et al, 2012).…”

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Nice to meet you: Encountering introductions and departures in the field

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Nguyen

Rigg

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This paper advocates for a clearer understanding of the politics of introductions and partings in fieldwork by engaging with the geographical literature on the encounter. Conducting research with people in the field presents investigators with unfamiliar and confusing cultural rituals involving how to present oneself, what to say, and how to physically interact with respondents on meeting them for the first time. This is also true during the moments when bidding farewell to our research participants. These encounters are more than reflections of different manners and understandings of politeness: in this paper we use field research in Vietnam to argue that the first and last impressions of fieldwork must be separated conceptually from other parts of the experience and evaluated as distinctively important encounters in geographer–respondent relationships.

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The migration–urbanisation nexus in Nepal's exceptional urban transformation

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Agergaard

2019

Population Space and Place

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The dynamic relationship between urban transformation and migration pathways formed by multiple attractions and mobilities to, within, and beyond urban areas constitute what we, in this paper, refer to as the migration–urbanisation nexus. Drawing on case studies of urban growth in three urban sites of Nepal, this paper explores how migration practices, including rural–urban, international and return migration, and the migrant economy, exemplified by returns of remittances, intersect with the socioeconomic and spatial dynamics of urban growth. The analysis combines quantitative and qualitative data on migration pathways, including the historical timing of migration, the shifting drivers of rural–urban migration, and examinations of the links to an international migration and remittance economy. The findings show how rural–urban migration during the 10 years of conflict is setting urban growth in motion. However, most importantly, the analysis reveals how urban growth and form are stimulated by the migrant agency related to translocal migration economies, in particular, urban investments of international remittances. In conclusion, it is suggested that the migration–urbanisation nexus approach developed in this paper has potential to be used beyond Nepal in studies of migration and urban growth.

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Becoming and being urban in Hanoi: Rural-urban migration and relations in Viet Nam

Cited by 68 publications

References 29 publications

Understanding the lived experiences and identities of young rural to urban migrant workers in Vietnam

Understanding the lived experiences and identities of young rural to urban migrant workers in Vietnam

Nice to meet you: Encountering introductions and departures in the field

The migration–urbanisation nexus in Nepal's exceptional urban transformation

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