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Migration rates in Binh Duong and Bac Ninh are higher than in HCMC and Hanoi

The General Statistics Office’s report shows that the number of provinces with a positive net migration rate is 11. The remaining provinces have negative net migration rates.

Vietnam to have 1.5 million 'surplus' adult males by 2034: analysis

Vietnam faces a significantly imbalanced sex ratio at birth (SRB) that will mean by 2034, about 1.5 million men will not be able to marry wives, a study by the General Statistics Office and the United Nations Population Fund has found.

Special class open for HCM City’s migrants every night

The Bong Sao Primary School in HCM City’s District 8 is running a free night class to help improve education standards for migrants.

Coronavirus in India: Migrants running away from quarantine

Migrants sent to coronavirus quarantine have either left their villages or are slipping in and out.

US-Mexico border: Thousands of migrants expelled under coronavirus powers

The Trump administration is using an emergency public health order to turn back irregular migrants.

EU to give migrants in Greece €2,000 to go home

The scheme aims to ease the burden on Greece, where migrant camps are squalid and overcrowded.

Migrant caravan: Mexico to deport group which stormed US border

 Mexico will deport up to 500 migrants who attempted to storm the US border, according to its interior ministry.

It’s time to build satellite cities

Nguyen Hong Thuc, director general of the Viet Nam Union of Science and Technology Associations’ Settlement Research Institute, talks to the Tuoi tre newspaper about the need to adjust development strategies ...

Pope Francis pleads for migrants at Christmas Eve Mass

 Pope Francis has urged the world not to ignore the plight of millions of migrants "driven from their land", during Christmas Eve Mass.

Nearly 1,200 migrants picked up off Libya, heading to Italy

 Humanitarian ships rescued almost 1,200 migrants who were crossing the Mediterranean Sea at the weekend on an array of small, tightly packed boats, Doctors Without Borders said on Sunday.

VN fertility rate down: Government

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s fertility rate has declined from 6.4 to 2.1 children per woman over the last 55 years, but the rate varies widely among provinces,

More than 6,000 migrants plucked from sea in a single day, 22 dead

About 6,055 migrants were rescued and 22 found dead on the perilous sea route to Europe on Monday, one of the highest numbers in a single day, 

Italy rescues around 1,100 migrants in Mediterranean

 About 1,100 migrants were rescued from boats in the Strait of Sicily on Sunday as they tried to reach Europe, Italy's coastguard said.

Between 700-900 migrants may have died at sea this week: NGOs

 At least 700 migrants may have died at sea this past week in the busiest week of migrant crossings from Libya towards Italy this year,

Greece ferries migrants to Turkey under EU pact

 A ferry carrying 45 migrants left the Greek island of Lesbos for Turkey on Friday, part of a European Union deal that began this week to stem mass migration to Europe across the Aegean Sea.

Vice chancellor says Austria cannot accept more than 100,000 migrants a year

 Austria's Vice Chancellor said on Monday that Austria could not accept more than 100,000 migrants a year, following a pledge from its larger neighbor Germany to limit arrivals.

Residence registration process creates ‘group' of urban poor

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dang Nguyen Anh, director of the Institute of Sociology, spoke to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper about how challenges posed by household registration books affect migrants.

Migrants arrive in Austria after Hungary provides buses

 Thousands of migrants have crossed into Austria, after Hungary's surprise decision to provide buses to take them to the border overnight.

EU leaders agree to relocate 40,000 migrants

 EU leaders holding late-night talks in Brussels have agreed to relocate tens of thousands of migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece.

Mediterranean migrants: EU to discuss quota plan

 EU interior ministers are to discuss how to deal with tens of thousands of migrants trying to enter Europe each year by crossing the Mediterranean.