Scores of ethnic Khmer Krom hold fresh rally against Vietnamese diplomat

11 August 2014
Xinhuanet News
Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Government / Human rights / International relations / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / Social development
Embassy of Vietnam / Freedom Park / Khmer Kampuchea Krom Association / Khmer Krom / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Thach Sitha / Trung Van Thong / UN / United Nations

About 500 ethnic minority Khmer Krom monks and activists on Monday staged a fresh protest here to demand a Vietnamese diplomat to recognize the "true history" of the former Kampuchea Krom provinces.

It was the third rally in the last two months after Trung Van Thong, a spokesman for the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia, reportedly said in June that the former Kampuchea Krom provinces belonged to Vietnam long before France's official transfer of the land in 1949. ...

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