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Land grabs and labour: Vietnamese workers on rubber plantations in southern Laos

Since the early 2000s the Lao government has dramatically increased the number of large-scale land concessions issued for agribusinesses. While studies have documented the social and environmental impacts of land dispossession, the role of Vietnamese labour on these Vietnamese-owned rubber plantations has not previously been investigated. Taking a political ecology approach, we situate this study at the intersection between land grabbing studies and work on labour geographies. Most of the remittances generated from Vietnamese working in Laos are used for non-agricultural purposes, with people purposely choosing to not invest in agriculture in Vietnam. Vietnamese labour on Lao plantations still has significant spatial implications, both in Laos and in Vietnam, including through the norms, formal rules and practices introduced at rubber plantations by Vietnamese workers and management, but also through labour regime changes in Vietnam. In Laos, one of the most significant results has been to make certain spaces less welcoming to Lao labour. This study particularly points to the importance of geopolitics, as the close political relationship between Laos and Vietnam, and the fact that Vietnamese companies and managers are involved, is crucial for understanding the particular nature of the labour geographies associated with Vietnamese rubber plantations in Laos.

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Miền Giá trị
Loại tài liệu Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ngôn ngữ
  • Tiếng Anh
Chủ đề
  • Land
  • Land and housing rights and evictions
Vùng địa lý (phạm vi không gian)
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
Bản quyền Yes
Phiên bản/Lần xuất bản 1
Giấy phép Creative Commons Attribution
Tác giả (tổ chức) Baird, Ian G., William Noseworthy, Nghiem Phuong Tuyen, Le Thu Ha, and Jefferson Fox.
Nhà xuất bản Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography
Ngày xuất bản 2018
Đánh số trang 21
Ngày đăng tải tháng 12 10, 2018, 06:54 (UTC)
Ngày chỉnh sửa, cập nhật tháng 12 13, 2019, 04:52 (UTC)