Abstract：Women, when they choose to immigrate and marry abroad, often reconstruct their family relationships and familial duty. This paper examines different views and opinions of daughters' responsibilities and duties based on the interviews with Vietnamese brides. The results suggest that there are three explanations of why Vietnamese brides send home remittances. One is out of their sentiment of compensating for their regret of being absent from their maternal home and not being able to take care of their parents. The second reason is out of their consideration that by sending remittances, they can demonstrate their status and economic capability hoping to raise their status in their maternal homes. The third reason relates to their understanding of "face" or reputation of filial piety which they demonstrate through home remittances. This study shows that women's immigration and cross-border marriage are a gendered process whereby Vietnamese brides' understanding of gender roles influences them to send home remittances and reconstruct their family relationships and responsibilities.
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