Abstract
After the Doi-Moi policy, which was introduced in 1986, the farmer’s action of the migrant worker is becoming encouraged. Here I intend to show this movement from the viewpoint of not only individual economic action but also socio-economic reflection of rural society. The data I use here are collected from field survey in Thanh Mien district, Hai Duong Province, Vietnam, where I was engaged in interview with migrant workers, administrative village officers, village headmen, and agricultural cooperatives officers from 1998 to 2001. Even in same district, the types of migrant worker and job are different in each administrative village. Moreover, the rural economic structure and social structure are also influential to farmer’s action.
