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Inside Cambodia’s Floating Village, Where 40% of People Are Ethnic Vietnamese

Chong Kneas floating village, only 15 kilometers south of Siem Reap, is one of hundreds that line Tonle Sap Lake. Tens of thousands of families live in these clustered homes, around 40% of whom are Vietnamese living as undocumented migrants. During a visit in March, the sun held all firmly in its grip, forcing villagers …

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Land allotted for Kampong Chhnang boat people must be rented

Kampong Chhnang deputy provincial governor Sun Sovannarith reaffirmed that the 40ha the provincial authorities allocated to Vietnamese boat people is Cambodian national Ros Chamroeun’s private land. He said there was no cutting of land for them, but the Vietnamese immigrants will have to pay rent to live in the location with no right to own …

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Minister defends relocation

Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Thursday defended the actions of Cambodian authorities in relocating Vietnamese nationals living in houseboats on the Tonle Sap river in Kampong Chhnang province, saying the “volunteer” policy came on the back of “environmental” concerns. Sar Kheng who is also Deputy Prime Minister was commenting after Vietnamese Foreign Affairs Minister Pham …

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A People In Limbo, Many Living Entirely on the Water

Chong Koh.Andrea Frazzetta/Institute, for The New York Times Floating villages spread across the surface of the Mekong River’s waterways, playinghost to ethnic Vietnamese whose status in Cambodian society is perpetually adrift. By BEN MAUK MARCH 28, 2018 This article was written with the support of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. The best handyman living among …

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Hope floats: Cambodia’s ethnic Vietnamese Forced to Live on the Water

“Having almost no rights in their home country, Cambodia’s ethnic Vietnamese are forced to live on the water, in poor conditions and with few opportunities.” With a smile, 62-year-old Sreng Talong remembers being deported from his home country. The expulsion saved his life. It was in late 1975, a few months after the Khmer Rouge …

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