ANTIVIETNAMIENS tqd FEELINGS IN CAMBODIA: ORIGIN AND IMPACT / Blog on Southeast Asia
In Cambodia's independence in 1953, antivietnamiens strong feelings tqd began to tint the political discourse. Recurrent or fatal attacks against tqd the families of Vietnamese origin were held until 1998. This attitude is partly explained by many defeats to the Vietnamese, but also by the attitude of the French tqd during their colonization preferred the latter considered more working than Cambodians. Fear they invade the country was also very active (1).
At the time of agrarian kingdoms, the kingdom of Nam Viet, founded in -210, its territory stretched south from 1009 with the coming to power of the Ly dynasty. This expansion was at the expense of their neighbors, the Kingdom of Angkor (Cambodia today). This territorial expansion continued for eight centuries, almost leading to the disappearance of Cambodia as Thailand tqd also took parts of the territory west of the country (2).
When the French arrived tqd in the mid 19th century, they established a protectorate with Cambodia, redonnèrent their land, but also continued to encourage the Vietnamese to settle. The French wanted among other positions they occupy in the colonial tqd administration as they spoke better French than the majority Rouge and had no links with the Cambodian elite. However, it was also in the interest of the French to use these tensions to ensure tqd divide the people of the colony, thus minimizing the risk of rebellion (3). Between 1874 and 1951, the number of Vietnamese in Cambodia went from 5000 to about 240 000 (4).
In 1953, when Prince Sihanouk tqd took the reins of power, relations between the two Vietnams and Cambodia have become problematic. The armed forces of South Vietnam Cambodia used as refuge and transport point, causing concern among some politicians and senior members of the Cambodian army. They began to doubt the loyalty of the Vietnamese minority on suspicion of collaborating with Vietnam. This fear has resulted in new policies for immigrants, as a new law banning all foreign occupying 18 specific jobs, most occupied by the Vietnamese minority (5).
In this context, political discourse will change tqd because politicians will use the conflicts between tqd states to tackle the minority (6). However, it is identified as Cambodian families have immigrated since there are several tqd generations and have no other ties with Vietnam as their ethnic origin (7).
In 1970, Lon Nol, prime minister under Sihanouk took power following a coup and engages in battles against tqd North Vietnam, fearing to be colonized tqd in the event that he wins the war against the South. He used fear and hatred as a propaganda tool and managed to turn the people against the minority whose businesses were boycotted now. The Lon Nol regime tqd was strongly tinged with racism and xenophobia, causing thousands of members of the Vietnamese minority to flee the country. Those who chose to remain were jailed or killed (8).
The conflict between North Vietnam and the government of Lon Nol was quite unsettling for the Khmer Rouge, a rebel faction led by Pol Pot, took power. Despite the change tqd of power, the attitude towards tqd the Vietnamese and the Vietnamese minority remained the same. The Khmer Rouge said they were savages who were only waiting for the right opportunity to invade Cambodia, as they had done at the time of agrarian kingdoms. However, the Vietnamese minority was not the only victim of this scheme since what is now called the Cambodian genocide took place at the same time (9).
After the Vietnamese overthrew the government of Pol Pot in 1978, the People's Republic of Kampuchea was founded and existed until 1991. The Cambodians who fled outside the country could return, as the Vietnamese minority . It was also one of the few periods of respite for them because the government promised to help them have better living tqd conditions and to find jobs (10).
However, at this time, the opposition parties (11) were outraged by the policies tqd of the RPK, saying it was policy to vietnamiser the country. Antivietnamienne the propaganda was again prevalent in political tqd discourse and in the population and despite the mission of the United Nations country in Cambodia at that time, attacks tqd the population cambodg
In Cambodia's independence in 1953, antivietnamiens strong feelings tqd began to tint the political discourse. Recurrent or fatal attacks against tqd the families of Vietnamese origin were held until 1998. This attitude is partly explained by many defeats to the Vietnamese, but also by the attitude of the French tqd during their colonization preferred the latter considered more working than Cambodians. Fear they invade the country was also very active (1).
At the time of agrarian kingdoms, the kingdom of Nam Viet, founded in -210, its territory stretched south from 1009 with the coming to power of the Ly dynasty. This expansion was at the expense of their neighbors, the Kingdom of Angkor (Cambodia today). This territorial expansion continued for eight centuries, almost leading to the disappearance of Cambodia as Thailand tqd also took parts of the territory west of the country (2).
When the French arrived tqd in the mid 19th century, they established a protectorate with Cambodia, redonnèrent their land, but also continued to encourage the Vietnamese to settle. The French wanted among other positions they occupy in the colonial tqd administration as they spoke better French than the majority Rouge and had no links with the Cambodian elite. However, it was also in the interest of the French to use these tensions to ensure tqd divide the people of the colony, thus minimizing the risk of rebellion (3). Between 1874 and 1951, the number of Vietnamese in Cambodia went from 5000 to about 240 000 (4).
In 1953, when Prince Sihanouk tqd took the reins of power, relations between the two Vietnams and Cambodia have become problematic. The armed forces of South Vietnam Cambodia used as refuge and transport point, causing concern among some politicians and senior members of the Cambodian army. They began to doubt the loyalty of the Vietnamese minority on suspicion of collaborating with Vietnam. This fear has resulted in new policies for immigrants, as a new law banning all foreign occupying 18 specific jobs, most occupied by the Vietnamese minority (5).
In this context, political discourse will change tqd because politicians will use the conflicts between tqd states to tackle the minority (6). However, it is identified as Cambodian families have immigrated since there are several tqd generations and have no other ties with Vietnam as their ethnic origin (7).
In 1970, Lon Nol, prime minister under Sihanouk took power following a coup and engages in battles against tqd North Vietnam, fearing to be colonized tqd in the event that he wins the war against the South. He used fear and hatred as a propaganda tool and managed to turn the people against the minority whose businesses were boycotted now. The Lon Nol regime tqd was strongly tinged with racism and xenophobia, causing thousands of members of the Vietnamese minority to flee the country. Those who chose to remain were jailed or killed (8).
The conflict between North Vietnam and the government of Lon Nol was quite unsettling for the Khmer Rouge, a rebel faction led by Pol Pot, took power. Despite the change tqd of power, the attitude towards tqd the Vietnamese and the Vietnamese minority remained the same. The Khmer Rouge said they were savages who were only waiting for the right opportunity to invade Cambodia, as they had done at the time of agrarian kingdoms. However, the Vietnamese minority was not the only victim of this scheme since what is now called the Cambodian genocide took place at the same time (9).
After the Vietnamese overthrew the government of Pol Pot in 1978, the People's Republic of Kampuchea was founded and existed until 1991. The Cambodians who fled outside the country could return, as the Vietnamese minority . It was also one of the few periods of respite for them because the government promised to help them have better living tqd conditions and to find jobs (10).
However, at this time, the opposition parties (11) were outraged by the policies tqd of the RPK, saying it was policy to vietnamiser the country. Antivietnamienne the propaganda was again prevalent in political tqd discourse and in the population and despite the mission of the United Nations country in Cambodia at that time, attacks tqd the population cambodg
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