“Vietnamese brides” refer to Vietnamese women who migrate to other countries through arranged marriages, cross-border marriages, and mercenary marriages, taking marriage as a means to change their living conditions(薛瑛，2017). They account for a large population as an significant part of Vietnamese female immigrants. The transnational population movement of these women reflects the trend of transnational marriage and also implicates the economic gap among countries as well as the power relations between genders. This paper studies Vietnamese brides from the perspective of the legalization of the Vietnamese bride industry, clarifies its background, reasons of its emergence, and the roles of multiple parties involved. The aim is to present the real portraits of the Vietnamese brides as well as their living situations.

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