Economic crisis and recession has been the context for many research taking through. However, no little research
has been done on out-migration of female workers in Vietnam, particularly in Ha Noi. Basing on an empirical
research and using mainly the survey results, this paper seeks to understand how the pattern and trend of the
out-migration female workers has been changed; what factors determined the out-migration and how the
consequences are in the context of the economic crisis and recession. This paper also improves the out-migration
act as a “relief valve” for a local economy where jobs and investment opportunities are scarce and the migration
out flow from urban to rural is more vulnerable to economic shocks.