Population Redistribution in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Internal migration policies in the ESCAP region

“…However, lack of facilities and infrastructure, poor health and schooling services and low and unstable incomes continued to prompt new settlers to leave the zones. Although the resettlement policy has been in place for several decades, the pace of resettlement has slackened and the achievements have been far from targets set (Desbarats, 1987;Do, 2000). As in the case of Indonesia, the implementation of the policies often created difficult problems.…”

La colonisation agricole au Viêt Nam

“…4 Si l'on ne compte pas, bien sûr, les quelques Viet catholiques qui s'étaient établis près de Kontum au début du XIX e siècle pour fuir les persécutions (Schmid, 1974 : 44). 5 Sur ce sujet, la littérature récente est prolifique : Jones et Fraser (1982), Hill (1984), Desbarats (1987), Evans (1992), Hardy (1993Hardy ( ,1998Hardy ( et 2000, De Koninck (1994,1996et 1997), Vu Tu Lap et Taillard (1994, Brunet (1995), De Koninck et al (1996, De Koninck et Déry (1997), Roussel et Hoang (1997), Iran et Déry (1999), Déry (2000). 6 Voir plus spécifiquement : Evans (1992), De Koninck et al (1996), De Koninck (1997, Iran et Déry (1999), Déry (2000), Fortunel (2000), Hardy (2000) et Stan (2000).…”

The Movement of People in Asia: Internal, Intra-Regional and International Migration

“…The exodus peaked during the period from 1978to 1980. Between 1975and 1982, approximately one million refugees were reported to have left Vietnam, two-thirds of them ethnic Chinese (Desbarats, 1987). Because Vietnam was seen as expelling its people, especially those belonging to the Chinese minority because of long-standing ethnic tensions, the neighboring ASEAN states reserved the right to refuse long-term asylum unless other countries guaranteed final resettlement (Suhrke, 1991).…”