Ho Chi Minh City tops the list of localities where people across the country want to live, followed by Hanoi, Da Nang and Can Tho.
Two main reasons why Ho Chi Minh City is the place where the most people want to live in 2023: family reunion and better jobs
This information is given in the report "Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index in Vietnam (PAPI): Measurement from people's practical experience, 2023" published on April 2 .
4/5 centrally run cities are ideal destinations
This is a joint policy research report of the Center for Development Research and Community Support (CECODES), Real Time Analytics (RTA) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Vietnam.
The report represents the feelings, experiences, opinions and expectations of 19,536 people across Vietnam on the effectiveness of State policy and law enforcement, local governance and public service provision at all levels. government, through the PAPI survey conducted from August to November 2023.
People participating in the PAPI survey represent Vietnamese citizens aged 18 years and older, from many different demographic backgrounds, randomly selected from village/residential groups/hamlets/hamlets/villages. , communes/wards/towns, districts/towns/province-affiliated cities/centrally-affiliated cities were sampled through stratification and probability methods according to population size (PPS).
In this report, there is research on the issue of internal migration.
The results show that Ho Chi Minh City is the locality that people from other provinces and cities want to migrate to the most.
Of the five centrally run cities, except Hai Phong, the remaining four cities are all people's most desired migration options.
People want to come to Ho Chi Minh City because there are better jobs
For the 5 provinces and cities where people want to live the most, each place has different attractive factors. In Ho Chi Minh City alone, family reunion and having a new, better job are the two most chosen factors.
Reasons why people want to migrate to provinces and cities - Source: PAPI
Family reunion is the main reason why 49% of people want to migrate to two centrally run cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Family reunion is also a reason for 30% of people willing to move to Can Tho.
Lam Dong and Da Nang are attractive destinations for those interested in better natural environmental conditions, with the rate of choosing these two provinces and cities being 70% and nearly 40%, respectively.
Migration is mainly for family reunion
In the opposite direction, Lai Chau is the province with the largest number of people wanting to migrate. Another province, Dien Bien, also has a large proportion of people wanting to migrate.
According to the report, on average across the country, only 0.95% of respondents said they planned to move to another locality in 2023, about 0.65% lower than in 2021 and 2022.
The number of people who said they intended to move from the northern mountainous provinces such as Dien Bien and Lai Chau, and the central province of Quang Binh, where floods had occurred was more than those from other provinces and cities. other.
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Many people in the Northwest provinces such as Dien Bien and Lai Chau often say that they look forward to moving to Hanoi.
Next are the Mekong Delta provinces such as Ca Mau, Dong Thap and the South Central provinces such as Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan, with each province having more than 2% of respondents expressing a desire to migrate to the province/city. another street.
Among those who want to move permanently from the Mekong Delta provinces, about 40% said they want to move to Ho Chi Minh City and 20% want to go to Can Tho.
About the reason for wanting to emigrate, Family reunion is the factor most people choose. Meanwhile, the reason there are no natural disasters is the least chosen factor
Regarding the reasons why people want to migrate in 2023, family reunion is the main motivation of 40.68% of respondents. Having better jobs and a better natural environment were the second and third motivations (21.8% and 17.4% of respondents, respectively). Meanwhile, only 1.39% of respondents said they intend to move to a place without natural disasters.
Although it is the reason chosen by most people, the proportion of people wanting to migrate for family reunion in 2023 decreased compared to 2020 and 2021, increasing slightly compared to 2022. Reasons for better jobs, public services Better, no natural disasters with increased rate compared to 2022.
