Di cư của đồng bào các dân tộc thiểu số ở Tây Nguyên diễn biến như thế nào là mối quan tâm lớn của các nhà hoạch định chính sách và nghiên cứu xã hội. Từ kết quả phân tích số liệu hai cuộc điều tra di dân Việt Nam 2004 và 2015, Tây Nguyên là một địa bàn di cư đến của một bộ phận lớn những người di cư DTTS từ các vùng nông thôn. | Thực trạng và xu hướng di cư của đồng bào dân tộc thiểu số ở Tây Nguyên VNU Journal of Science: Policy and Management Studies, Vol. 35, No. 3 (2019) 68-76 Original Article Ethnic Minorities’ Migration Trends in Central Highland Ha Viet Hung* Institute for Sociology and Development, Ho Chi Minh National Political Academy, 135 Nguyen Phong Sac, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam Received 11 July 2019 Revised 11 September 2019; Accepted 16 September 2019 Abstract: Migration of ethnic minorities in Central Highland region is a big concern of the policymakers as well as the social researchers. Based on the analysis of data from two Vietnam internal migration surveys taken in 2004 and 2015, the Central Highland had been a destination area for a majority of ethnic minorities’ rural-rural migrants. The study shows that the size of voluntary migrants came to the Central Highland region is strongly decreasing over the last five years. In contrast, there appeared an increasing group of voluntary migrants come out from the Central Highland to other regions, especially the North-East, looking for a job, income-earning for their households. The number of rural-urban migrants is increasing while the number of rural-rural migrants is decreasing among the ethnic minorities’ migrants. The share of temporary migrants is becoming dominant over the permanent ones in both in- and out-migration in the Central Highland region. The main purpose of the movement is seeking a job, income earning. By analyzing the existing data sets, it shows a significant impact of migrants’ education on their decision of movement. The study results may contribute to estimate the migration trend and serve as evidence for the ethnic minorities’ policymaking on the period from now to 2030. Keywords: Ethnic minorities, Voluntary migration, Labour migration, Central Highland. * _ * Corresponding author. E-mail address: hunghv135@ .
