The article examines trends in educational migration in the Russian Federation in the dynamics of the countries of origin for the years 1998 - 2014. The paper examines factors and features of the distribution of foreign students on regions of Russia. | Elena E. Pismennaya, Nguyen–Canh Toan, Sergey V. Ryazantsev, Artem S. Lukyanets PHILOSOPHY – LAW PSYCHOLOGY – SOCIOLOGY Migration Potential of Vietnam in the Context of Educational Migration in Russia Elena E. Pismennaya * Nguyen Canh Toan ** Sergey V. Ryazantsev *** Artem S. Lukyanets **** Abstract: The article examines trends in educational migration in the Russian Federation in the dynamics of the countries of origin for the years 1998 - 2014. The paper examines factors and features of the distribution of foreign students on regions of Russia. The authors consider the situation of foreign students in the Russian labor market, including issues of their legal employment. The evolution of Russian legislated in regulating the employment of foreign students. The features of the legislative amendments of 2014 allowed foreign students to work in the Russian labor market. It revealed educational migration in the migration policy of Russia, designed possible migration potential of Vietnam to the Russian system of higher education. Key words: Migration potential; Vietnam; educational migration; Russia; migration policy; international students; universities. 1. Trends in educational migration in Russia Educational migration is one of the most desirable of migration flows to the Russian Federation. It has several positive socio economic impacts: replenish working-age population, “rejuvenates” the age structure of the population, increasing the number of highly qualified professionals, encourages cultural exchanges and the development of the education system. The flow of educational migrants includes foreign students, graduate students, doctoral students, interns coming to training and internships. During the 2000 - 2010, there was a steady increase in the number of foreign educational migrants in the Russian Federation. According to official data of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, which are based on statements of universities in the 2013 - 2014 .
