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Vietnamese Workers Aren't Fleeing Japan. They Just Have Better Options

A Japanese outlet framed the drop in Vietnamese workers as a reaction to xenophobia. The original Vietnamese report never mentioned it. What actually changed is that factories back home now pay about what Japan does.

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290,000 Vietnamese Workers in Taiwan: The Story Starts Back Home

How did the Vietnamese caregivers and factory workers you see in Taiwan get here — and why are they the largest group of undocumented workers? Seen from Vietnam, this isn't a "migrant problem" but a 40-year-old industry called labor export.

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