Her research interests cover international and cross-border migration, borderland, tourism, Vietnam-China relations, cultural governance, food and identity. She is editor of the Routledge Series on Asian Migration and has published a number of books on migration, including New Chinese Migrations: Mobility, Home and Inspirations (Routledge 2018), The Age of Asian Migration: Continuity, Diversity, and Susceptibility, Vol. 1 & 2 (Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2014, 2015), and The Chinese / Vietnamese Diaspora - Revisiting the Boat People (Routledge, 2011). She is also author of Vietnamese-Chinese Relationships at the Borderlands: Trade, Tourism and Cultural Politics (Routledge 2013).