Vietnamese fishermen village in Tonle Sap
Vietnam has said it expected Cambodia to assure legitimate rights of Vietnamese people living in Tonlé Sap, the inundated freshwater lake with a mosaic of natural and agricultural habitats, following the news that the Cambodia government will move them to other places.
By KTT, Oct 09, 2015
Vietnam has said it expected Cambodia would assure legitimate rights of Vietnamese people living in Tonlé Sap, the inundated freshwater lake with a mosaic of natural and agricultural habitats, following the news that the Cambodia government will move them to other places.
Vietnam hoped that Cambodia’s authorities, in the spirit of long-lasting friendship, would create favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community living in the country to help them settle down and improve livelihood, Spokesman Le Hai Binh of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at a press conference on Oct 8.
The statement was made after authorities in the floating villages on Tonlé Sap River in Kampong Chhnang province plan to relocate 1,486 households of Khmer, Cham and Vietnamese ethnicity between Oct 15 and 25, serving the local development in the 2015-2019 period, according to Sun Sovannarith, deputy head of the province.
But Nguyen Yon Mas, a local resident, said that the Vietnamese people have lived there since the collapse of Khmer Rough in 1979 and fear for natural disaster, insecurity, lack of electricity and safe water, and impoverishment if they were forced to resettle in a place three kilometers away.
Vietnam’s government is also concerned over protest against Vietnamese people living in Cambodia caused by the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
For the past years, CNRP has put pressure on the Hun Sen administration to force the government expel any Vietnamese residing illegally in Cambodia.
CNRP also blamed the Cambodia government for ceding land to Vietnam by using incorrect maps to determine border demarcations.
The opposition party repeatedly organized demonstrations in Phnom Penh and burnt Vietnamese flag in front of the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia, holding a hostile attitude towards the Vietnamese community in the neighboring country.
Tran Cong Truc, former head of the Vietnamese Government’s Border Committee, warned that CNRP’s attitude and the act of ruining the Vietnam-Cambodia relation was somewhat backed by Chinese forces.
PM Hun Sen once said at a conference in Phnom Penh late September that war would possibly happen if CNRP won at the general election in 2018 because of severe hostility towards Vietnam and the rich in Cambodia.
It is unsure if the Hun Sen administration bears any pressure from CNRP’s threats, as the Cambodian government expelled nearly 2,000 Vietnamese illegal immigrants in the first nine months of this year.
Vietnam and Cambodia share a 1,137-kilometer borderline that goes through 10 provinces in the south.
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October 9, 2015
Hanoi Demands Phnom Penh to Ensure Rights of Vietnamese People in Tonlé Sap
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Vietnamese fishermen village in Tonle Sap
By KTT, Oct 09, 2015
Vietnam has said it expected Cambodia would assure legitimate rights of Vietnamese people living in Tonlé Sap, the inundated freshwater lake with a mosaic of natural and agricultural habitats, following the news that the Cambodia government will move them to other places.
Vietnam hoped that Cambodia’s authorities, in the spirit of long-lasting friendship, would create favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community living in the country to help them settle down and improve livelihood, Spokesman Le Hai Binh of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at a press conference on Oct 8.
The statement was made after authorities in the floating villages on Tonlé Sap River in Kampong Chhnang province plan to relocate 1,486 households of Khmer, Cham and Vietnamese ethnicity between Oct 15 and 25, serving the local development in the 2015-2019 period, according to Sun Sovannarith, deputy head of the province.
But Nguyen Yon Mas, a local resident, said that the Vietnamese people have lived there since the collapse of Khmer Rough in 1979 and fear for natural disaster, insecurity, lack of electricity and safe water, and impoverishment if they were forced to resettle in a place three kilometers away.
Vietnam’s government is also concerned over protest against Vietnamese people living in Cambodia caused by the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
For the past years, CNRP has put pressure on the Hun Sen administration to force the government expel any Vietnamese residing illegally in Cambodia.
CNRP also blamed the Cambodia government for ceding land to Vietnam by using incorrect maps to determine border demarcations.
The opposition party repeatedly organized demonstrations in Phnom Penh and burnt Vietnamese flag in front of the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia, holding a hostile attitude towards the Vietnamese community in the neighboring country.
Tran Cong Truc, former head of the Vietnamese Government’s Border Committee, warned that CNRP’s attitude and the act of ruining the Vietnam-Cambodia relation was somewhat backed by Chinese forces.
PM Hun Sen once said at a conference in Phnom Penh late September that war would possibly happen if CNRP won at the general election in 2018 because of severe hostility towards Vietnam and the rich in Cambodia.
It is unsure if the Hun Sen administration bears any pressure from CNRP’s threats, as the Cambodian government expelled nearly 2,000 Vietnamese illegal immigrants in the first nine months of this year.
Vietnam and Cambodia share a 1,137-kilometer borderline that goes through 10 provinces in the south.