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Connecting and reconnecting with Vietnam: migration, Vietnamese overseas communities and social media
This chapter examines the complex relationship that Vietnam has with
Vietnamese overseas communities. It starts with a review of existing literature on Vietnam's major migration trends and groups since the reunification of the country, including war-related Viet Keu overseas Vietnamese students and temporary migrant workers. It then discusses the current practices and approaches to harnessing the diaspora. A review of how some other Asian nations with krgc diaspora populations have engaged with their diaspora via social media is included as it provides some useful implications for Vietnam to develop stronger and more sustained connections with its diaspora. The chapter concludes by considering the role of social media and the recent developments in lacilitating constructive dialogues between Vietnam and its diaspora via social media.
Vietnamese overseas communities. It starts with a review of existing literature on Vietnam's major migration trends and groups since the reunification of the country, including war-related Viet Keu overseas Vietnamese students and temporary migrant workers. It then discusses the current practices and approaches to harnessing the diaspora. A review of how some other Asian nations with krgc diaspora populations have engaged with their diaspora via social media is included as it provides some useful implications for Vietnam to develop stronger and more sustained connections with its diaspora. The chapter concludes by considering the role of social media and the recent developments in lacilitating constructive dialogues between Vietnam and its diaspora via social media.
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The Asia-Pacific in the age of transnational mobility: the search for community and identity on and through social mediaSeries
Anthem Southeast Asian studiesChapter number
3Pagination
63 - 85Publisher
Anthem PressPlace of publication
London, Eng.ISBN-13
9781783085927Edition
1Language
engPublication classification
B Book chapter; B1 Book chapterCopyright notice
2016, The Author(s)Extent
8Editor/Contributor(s)
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