This paper investigates the role of employment
opportunities created by foreign-owned firms as a
determinant of internal migration and destination
choice using the Vietnam Migration Survey 2004 and
the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey 2004.
Multinomial logit and conditional logit models are
estimated to study both origin and destination-specific
characteristics of migrants. The paper finds that the
migration response to foreign job opportunities is larger
for female workers than male workers; there appears
to be intermediate selection in terms of educational
attainment; and migrating individuals on average tend
to go to destinations with higher foreign employment
opportunities, even controlling for income differentials,
land differentials, and distances between sending and
receiving areas.