This article reports a study that investigated prospective and current Vietnamese international students’ motivations to study abroad and their immigration intentions. Analyses of 55 intercept interviews and 313 responses to a survey revealed 12 push and pull factors that motivated students to pursue overseas studies and 18 sociocultural, economic, and political factors that influenced their immigration intentions. Independent samples t tests indicated that there were statistically significant differences in the influence of motivations on decisions to study overseas between groups of male and female students and prospective and current students. The analyses, furthermore, suggested that students’ immigration intentions depended on their personal attachment to the home country and (perceived) adaptability to the

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留学动机及移民意向

本文报告了一项研究，该研究调查了潜在和当前的越南国际学生出国留学的动机及其移民意图。对 55 次拦截访谈和 313 份调查回复的分析显示，有 12 个推动和拉动学生进行海外学习的因素，以及 18 个影响他们移民意图的社会文化、经济和政治因素。独立样本t检验表明，男女学生、准学生和在校学生在动机对出国留学决策的影响上存在统计学显着差异。此外，这些分析表明，学生的移民意图取决于他们对祖国的个人依恋和（感知到的）对本国的适应能力。