The economic transition and migration of Vietnam and the Mekong Delta region

Relationship between economic transition and migration has long attracted increasing attention of both policy-makers and researchers. Migration is seen as a response of changes during the economic transition in a country, because labour is an important production factor in the market, in which labourers have a desire to move to a place of better working conditions rather than going to a disadvantaged conditions (De Haas, 2010; Todaro, 1980).In this paper I extend this discussion by examining how effects of economic transition on internal migration since the late 1980s. This idea aims at gaining a broader insight into the relationship between economic transition and migration during the renovation processEconomic transition, migration

Technical efficiency of rice producing households in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

Technical Efficiency (TE) is defined as an estimation of the ability of a household to produce the maximum output with the given inputs. It is usually estimated by using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). Data collected from 261 rice farming households in the Mekong Delta were used in the empirical analysis. Results show that the average TE among the surveyed households is above 76% in both the Constant (CRS) and the Variable Returns to Scale (VRS). The average scale efficiency score for these rice producing households is nearly one. The determinants of the quantity of rice or yields and of the TE for the households are significantly related with some variables such as the plot size, seed, and hired labor cost. However, technical inefficiency significantly depends on the farmers’ farming experience and adoption of advanced farming practices.Technical efficiency, rice-producing household

The economic transition and migration of Vietnam and the Mekong Delta region

Relationship between economic transition and migration has long attracted increasing attention of both policy-makers and researchers. Migration is seen as a response of changes during the economic transition in a country, because labour is an important production factor in the market, in which labourers have a desire to move to a place of better working conditions rather than going to a disadvantaged conditions (De Haas, 2010; Todaro, 1980).In this paper I extend this discussion by examining how effects of economic transition on internal migration since the late 1980s. This idea aims at gaining a broader insight into the relationship between economic transition and migration during the renovation proces

The economic transition and migration of Vietnam and the Mekong Delta region

Relationship between economic transition and migration has long attracted increasing attention of both policy-makers and researchers. Migration is seen as a response of changes during the economic transition in a country, because labour is an important production factor in the market, in which labourers have a desire to move to a place of better working conditions rather than going to a disadvantaged conditions (De Haas, 2010; Todaro, 1980).In this paper I extend this discussion by examining how effects of economic transition on internal migration since the late 1980s. This idea aims at gaining a broader insight into the relationship between economic transition and migration during the renovation proces

Technical efficiency of rice producing households in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

Technical Efficiency (TE) is defined as an estimation of the ability of a household to produce the maximum output with the given inputs. It is usually estimated by using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). Data collected from 261 rice farming households in the Mekong Delta were used in the empirical analysis. Results show that the average TE among the surveyed households is above 76% in both the Constant (CRS) and the Variable Returns to Scale (VRS). The average scale efficiency score for these rice producing households is nearly one. The determinants of the quantity of rice or yields and of the TE for the households are significantly related with some variables such as the plot size, seed, and hired labor cost. However, technical inefficiency significantly depends on the farmers’ farming experience and adoption of advanced farming practices

Technical efficiency of rice producing households in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

Technical Efficiency (TE) is defined as an estimation of the ability of a household to produce the maximum output with the given inputs. It is usually estimated by using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) and stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). Data collected from 261 rice farming households in the Mekong Delta were used in the empirical analysis. Results show that the average TE among the surveyed households is above 76% in both the Constant (CRS) and the Variable Returns to Scale (VRS). The average scale efficiency score for these rice producing households is nearly one. The determinants of the quantity of rice or yields and of the TE for the households are significantly related with some variables such as the plot size, seed, and hired labor cost. However, technical inefficiency significantly depends on the farmers’ farming experience and adoption of advanced farming practices

ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE, AND MODERATING EFFECTS OF PERSONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL MOTIVES IN VIETNAM'S TOURISM INDUSTRY

On-the-job training (OJT) practices have often been viewed as an effective tool that improves the performance of both employees and the company in the competitive economy. Based on the human resource development theory, this article attempts to examine the potential effects of OJT practices on employee performance (EP) in association with the presence of the moderating role of personal motivation (PM) and organizational support (OS). The statistical result from the survey of 548 employees who worked for tourism companies in Vietnam showed all constructs and their attributed items to be reliable and valid for testing the formulated hypotheses. The findings obtained from the structural model confirmed a strong and positive relationship between the OJT practices and EP, particularly the higher perception of the content and program of the OJT practices verified. Additionally, the moderation analysis revealed that personal expectations and OS for the OJT content and method were found as the key drive of enhancing the performance of employees when joining the OJT. Besides, an OJT program was also found as a distinctive determinant of the EP, not being interfered by the two moderators included. Finally, some suggestions concerning the effectiveness of the OJT practices and potential aspects of this study area are addressed

Push and pull forces and migration in Vietnam

This paper adopts the push and pull model of migration to explain inter-provincial migration flows across 63 provinces or cities of Vietnam in the period 2004-2009. We used a solution to a quadratic cost migration problem by combining the total number of in and out-migration of various provinces and inverse distances between provinces that aims at calculating the push and pull factors of each province. The result confirms the hypothesis that push factors correlate well with total out flows of provinces and pull factors with total inflows of provinces. In addition, it is found that pull and push factors are explained rather well by population size and income, but not so by urbanization and povert

EXPLAINING GEOGRAPHIC, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES AS DRIVERS OF INTERNAL MIGRATIONS IN VIET NAM: EMPIRICAL FINDINGS FROM PUSH AND PULL FORCES ANALYSIS

Viet Nam has deeply experienced internal migration during its development history, typically movements from rural to urban and across regions since the launch of economic reform policy in 1986. This article adopts the cost-minimization approach to calculate the push and pull forces of the internal migrations across geographic distances of provinces and then explains those forces along with socio-economic factors within 63 provinces and cities in Viet Nam based on the census data during the period 2010–2019. The empirical findings from the solution to cost-migration equations between the number of migrants and the inverse distance across 63 provinces reported that the push and pull forces are quite heteroskedastic, mostly due to differences in geographic, social, and economic development. Not surprisingly, the Mekong River Delta (MRD) is still the most repulsive region for migrants, accounting for 30% of the total number migrants of the country and notable 98% of migrants who moved to the Southeastern (SE) region as the most attractive destination. It is obviously proven that the push and pull forces of migrations in a province correlate strongly and significantly with economic factors including relative incomes and poverty rate rather than human factors such as urbanization, population, and labor forces. Finally, discussions about policy implications of equitable investments across regions in Viet Nam are really necessary and could be a potential for creating job opportunities and improving standards of livelihoods.

Push and pull forces and migration in Vietnam

This paper adopts the push and pull model of migration to explain inter-provincial migration flows across 63 provinces or cities of Vietnam in the period 2004-2009. We used a solution to a quadratic cost migration problem by combining the total number of in and out-migration of various provinces and inverse distances between provinces that aims at calculating the push and pull factors of each province. The result confirms the hypothesis that push factors correlate well with total out flows of provinces and pull factors with total inflows of provinces. In addition, it is found that pull and push factors are explained rather well by population size and income, but not so by urbanization and povert