The last four decades have seen a massive increase in the scale and complexity of international migration in Asia. Among the most striking features is the fact that in many important flows, women outnumber men. Research into international migration has focussed strongly on the fact associated with marriage migration, one of the most significant flows in international migration in Asia. Usually this results in women moving from a less developed country to a more developed country within the Asian region. While labour migration in this region is the less important flow, the issue has received somewhat less attention from researchers. The increase in labour migration in Asia has raised a number of important issues. In particular, some evidence of exploitation of the women involved has been concern of. In addition, it has considerable consequences for both origin and destination areas. Similarly, the migration has been developing networks between origin and destination along which flow remittances, information and other forms of migration. The present paper focuses on one of the important streams of labour migration in Asia - that of people moving to work in from Vietnam to Taiwan. The perspective adopted is largely from the origin and draws on secondary data of this in Vietnam. The paper begins by outlining the main levels of, and trends, in labour migration to Taiwan and explores some of the structural factors shaping this phenomenon. It then draws upon secondary data to examine the process of migration and some of the impacts of the movement on the Vietnamese female migrants at the destination. It concludes by examining some of the policy implications of the findings.