Vietnamese Cambodians: Difference between revisions

'''Vietnamese Cambodians''' refer to ethnic group of [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] living in [[Cambodia]] or Vietnamese who are of full or partial [[Khmer people|Khmer]] descent. According to Cambodian sources, in 2013 there are about 15,000 Vietnamese people living in Cambodia. Vietnamese source said there are 156,000 people living in Cambodia,<ref>{{Cite news|date=23 September 2016|title=VN phối hợp với Campuchia đảm bảo cuộc sống người Việt|work=Ngày Nay|url=https://ngaynay.vn/vn-phoi-hop-voi-campuchia-dam-bao-cuoc-song-nguoi-viet-post25879.html}}</ref> while the actual number could be somewhere between 400,000 and one million people, according to independent scholars.<ref name="cambodia">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/28/magazine/cambodia-persecuted-minority-water-refuge.html|title=A People in Limbo, Many Living Entirely on the Water|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2018-03-28}}</ref> They mostly reside in southeastern parts of Cambodia bordering Vietnam or on [[houseboat]]s in the [[Tonlé Sap]] lake and [[Mekong]] rivers. The first Vietnamese came to settle modern-day Cambodia from the early 19th century during the era of the [[Nguyễn lords]] and most of the Vietnamese came to Cambodia during the periods of [[French protectorate of Cambodia|French colonial administration]] and the [[People's Republic of Kampuchea]] administration. During the [[Khmer Republic]] and [[Khmer Rouge]] governments in the 1970s, the Vietnamese were targets of mass genocides; thousands of Vietnamese were killed and many more sought refuge in Vietnam. Ethnic relations between the [[Cambodians]] and Vietnamese are poorcomplex, where despite engagement and collaboration between the two countries of [[Cambodia]] and [[Vietnam]], Vietnamese, especially the unresolved issue of Vietnamese immigrants, have been the main target of [[Xenophobia|xenophobic]] attacks by opposition political parties against Hun Sen's policies since the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Heng |first=Kimkong |date=2022-04-12 |title=2022/36 “Cambodia-Vietnam Relations: Key Issues and the Way Forward” by Kimkong Heng |url=https://www.iseas.edu.sg/articles-commentaries/iseas-perspective/2022-36-cambodia-vietnam-relations-key-issues-and-the-way-forward-by-kimkong-heng/ |language=en-US |volume=2022 |issue=36}}</ref> MostMany of the Vietnamese arebecame stateless residents of Cambodia and as a result, they face difficulties in getting access to education, employment, and housing.<ref>https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Cambodia-StatofConflictandViolence.pdf</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christ |first=Kiernan |date=2022-06-14 |title=The Perpetual Foreigner: Statelessness among the Vietnamese Minority in Cambodia |url=https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2022/06/14/the-perpetual-foreigner-statelessness-among-the-vietnamese-minority-in-cambodia/ |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=Georgetown Journal of International Affairs |language=en-US}}</ref> Xenophobic sentiment have been a concern, but not a barrier towards neighbourly ties. <ref>{{Cite web |last=VnExpress |title=Vietnam, Cambodia to further strengthen multifaceted relations - VnExpress International |url=https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-cambodia-agree-to-bolster-relations-4533645.html |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam |language=en}}</ref>