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===Education===

Field research carried out by [[Ethnology|ethnologists]] such as Stefan Ehrentraut shows that only a minority of Vietnamese children attend public schools, with figures varying across different provinces. In Kampong Chhnang and Siem Reap where the Vietnamese live along the river banks, enrolment into public schools fare below 10%, whereas in other provinces such as Kampot and Kratie the proportion are higher.<ref name="Eh80">Ehrentraut (2013), p. 80</ref> As the majority of Vietnamese do not carry citizenship papers, they were unable to enrol their children into public schools.<ref>Ang (2014), p. 11</ref> For those who send their children to schools, most of them only attend school for a few years and seldom complete [[Grade 12]] as Vietnamese parents were unable to afford school fees. Vietnamese students also faced difficulties in academic work, as classes are taught exclusively in the Khmer language, and Vietnamese children that grew up speaking Vietnamese at home have limited competency in Khmer.<ref>Ehrentraut (2013), p. 81</ref> In some Vietnamese communities based in the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers, there are private schools that are run by Vietnamese community associations and Christian organisations. The private schools cater the teaching of the Vietnamese language, and are mostly attended by children of impoverished families.<ref>Ehrentraut (2013), p. 82</ref>