The Khmer Krom Network

The Khmer Krom Network

Indigenous Peoples Standup for Their Rights in Vietnam

Posted: 07 May 2011 10:04 PM PDT

Vietnam has been recognized as one of the countries in Southeast Asia with the impressive progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations by 2015. However, more than half of the Indigenous Peoples in Vietnam currently still live below the poverty line. Instead of trying to improve the standard living for the Indigenous Peoples, the Vietnamese government confiscates their ancestral farm lands. When they speak up for their land rights, the Vietnamese government labels them as "separatists" or "try to disturb the society". With those alleged crimes, the Vietnamese government can send them to the prison without a fair trial.

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