This piece of history serves as a warning and lesson to all Khmer leaders and people of all persuasions. In no way has vietnamisation ceased. Those that brand their own Khmer people as racist scums should open their eyes and ears.
On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Ông-thu N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *Khmer Krom* > > The *Khmer Krom* - Khmer people living in the Delta and the Lower > Mekong<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong_River>area. Mostly regarded as the > indigenous ethnic Khmer minority living in > southern Vietnam <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam>. In > Vietnamese<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_language>, > they are known as *Khơ-me Crộm* or *Khơ-me dưới*, which literally means " > Khmer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_people> from below" ("below" > referring to the lower areas of the Mekong > Delta<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong_Delta> > ). > > *Origins* > > The Khmer Krom is ethnic Khmer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_people>who > inhabited that area long before the arrival of the Vietnamese. > > According to Vietnamese government figures (2006 census), there are > 1,371,726 Khmer Krom in Vietnam. According to Khmer Krom Federation there > are 9,100,000 in Vietnam and 1,560,000 in Cambodia. > > *History* > > Beginning in the early 17th century, colonization of the area by Vietnamese > settlers gradually isolated the Khmer of the Mekong Delta from their > brethren in Cambodia proper and resulted in their becoming a minority in the > delta. > > Prey Nokor <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prey_Nokor> was the most > important commercial seaport to the Khmers. The city's name was changed by > Vietnam to Sài Gòn <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saigon> and then Hồ Chí > Minh City <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_City>. The loss of the > city prevented the Cambodians access to the South China > Sea<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea>. > Subsequently, the Khmers' access to the sea was now limited to the Gulf of > Thailand <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Thailand>. It began as a > small fishing village known as Prey Nokor. The area that the city now > occupies was originally swampland, and was inhabited by Khmer people for > centuries before the arrival of the Vietnamese. > > In 1623 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1623>, King Chey Chettha > II<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=King_Chey_Chettha_II&action=edit&redlink=1>of > Cambodia ( > 1618 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1618>-1628<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1628>) > allowed Vietnamese refugees fleeing the Trịnh-Nguyễn > War<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BB%8Bnh-Nguy%E1%BB%85n_War>in Vietnam > to settle in the area of Prey Nokor, and to set up a custom > house <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custom_house> at Prey Nokor. > Increasing waves of Vietnamese settlers, which the Cambodian kingdom, > weakened because of war with Thailand, could not impede, slowly Vietnamized > the area. In time, Prey Nokor became known as Saigon. > > In 1698 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1698>, Nguyen Huu > Canh<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Huu_Canh>, > a Vietnamese noble, was sent by the Nguyen rulers of > Huế<http://en.wikipedia..org/wiki/Hu%E1%BA%BF>to establish Vietnamese > administrative structures in the area, thus > detaching the area from Cambodia, which was not strong enough to > intervene. Since 1698, the area has been firmly under Vietnamese > administration. The Vietnamese became the majority population in most > places. > > When independence was granted to French > Indochina<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochina>in > 1954 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954>, the Mekong > Delta<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong_Delta>was included in the state of > South > Vietnam <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam>, despite protests > from Cambodia. In the 1970s, the Khmer > Rouge<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge>regime attacked Vietnam in an > attempt > to reconquer those areas of the delta still predominantly inhabited by > Khmer Krom people, but this military adventure was a total disaster and > precipitated the invasion of Cambodia by the Vietnamese army and subsequent > downfall of the Khmer Rouge <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge>, > with Vietnam occupying Cambodia. > > Son Ngoc Thanh <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Ngoc_Thanh>, the > nationalist Cambodian, was a Khmer krom, born in Trà > Vinh<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tra_Vinh>, > Vietnam. Cambodia got independence in Geneva, 1954, through the Vietnamese > struggle in the First Indochina > War<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Indochina_War> > . > > In 1757, the Vietnamese colonized the provinces of Psar Dèk (renamed Sa > Đéc <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa_Dec> in Vietnamese) and Moat Chrouk > (vietnamized to Châu Đốc <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chau_Doc>). > *Current Situation*** > > Many independent > NGOs<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization>report the > human rights of the Khmer Krom are still being violated by the > Vietnamese government. Khmer Krom are reportedly forced to adopt Vietnamese > family names and speak the Vietnamese > language<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_language>. > The education of the Khmer Krom is neglected and they face many hardships in > everyday life, such as difficult access to Vietnamese health services > (recent epidemics of blindness affecting children have been reported in the > predominantly Khmer Krom areas of the Mekong delta), difficulty in > practicing their religion (Khmer Krom are > Theravada<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada>Buddhists, like Cambodian > and Thai people, but unlike Vietnamese who are > mostly Mahayana <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana> > Buddhists<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhists>or few Roman > Catholics <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholics>), difficulty in > finding jobs outside of the fields, and societal racism. The Khmer Krom is > among the poorest segments of the population in southern Vietnam. > > Unlike other minority people groups of Vietnam, the Khmer Krom are largely > unknown in the Western world, despite efforts by associations of exiled > Khmer Krom such as the Khmer Kampuchea Krom > Federation<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khmer_Kampuchea_Krom_Federation&action=edit&redlink=1>to > publicize their issues with the Unrepresented > Nations and Peoples > Organisation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrepresented_Nations_and_Peoples_Organisation>. > No Western government has raised the matter of the Khmer Krom's human rights > with the Vietnamese government. > > The Khmer Krom culture could become better known through its tourist sites > in the Mekong Delta. Khmer Buddhist temples located in places such as Long > An, Tiền Giang, Vĩnh Long, Trà Vinh, Bạc Liêu, Đồng Tháp, and Sóc Trăngare > now very popular as tourist destinations > . > > > > > -- MR, Khlean + Khlao + Khlach = Khmer --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
