The Mekong Delta region is home to over 1.1 million Khmer ethnic people. They live mainly in the provinces of Tra Vinh and Soc Trang. Khmer people have stood side by side with people of other ethnic groups in the wars of resistance against foreign invaders and in the national development process.

The Vietnamese Party and Government have invested tens of millions of US dollars to help Khmer people reduce poverty and improve their living standards. Transport systems in areas, inhabited by Khmer people have been improved, and all communes are now accessible by motorcar. Irrigation projects have helped local residents shift from old cultivation customs to intensive farming and crop restructuring to meet market demand. Local residents have benefited from the government’s favorable policies for the poor, including exemption from agricultural tax and tuition fees, as well as a preferential health insurance mechanism.

Tan Hiep commune, Tra Vinh province, where Khmer people make up 90 percent of its population is one such beneficiary. Mr. Thach Ngoc Quyen, an official in Tan Hiep commune, said, “With the assistance of the Party, the government and local authorities, local people have shifted to intensive farming with three rice crops and one subsidiary crop per year. Poor households have been provided with preferential loans and technological know-how to develop production. About 150 poor households escaped poverty last year. The general knowledge of local people has also broadened.”

The building of compassion and charity houses for policy beneficiaries among the Khmer ethnic group has increased, particularly in the provinces of Tra Vinh and Soc Trang. Khmer people now feel very happy, the elderly receive good care, and children can attend school.

Mr. Thach Kim Senh, head of the Soc Trang Ethnicity Department, said, “Khmer people live in harmony with other ethnic groups in the province and enjoy very good marital relations.”

The living conditions and general knowledge of Khmer people have improved markedly. The number of Khmer children attending upper secondary schools and universities, as well as those becoming teachers, is increasing. Thanks to the Party and State’s policy for economic development and national unity, many Kinh, Hoa and Khmer people in the Mekong river delta have become better off.
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Exemption from agricultural tax is very good for the Khmer ..

What? They get exemption from agricultural tax?

Then how come we always see articles about Khmer Krom being mistreated and having to pay extra taxes according to www.khermkrom.net?

TD, what site did you get this article from?

Well... let me explain ... the newspapers now in Cambodia are somewhat independent ... however... some have affidavit with other opposition political parties .. Goes figure .... Things are changing... VN also had the bad human right records.. Just give them sometime to put thing together .. I'm glad, they do something to help the Khmer

http://www.goasiapacific.com/news/GoAsiaPa...BNA_1121742.htm

It seems as if Japan will give Vietnam aid depending on how well Vietnam will improve in human rights including treatment of minorities. No wonder Vietnam's improving it's relationship with it's minorities lately.

What ever is the government's motive, surely what it is doing is a step in the right direction.

I actually don't mind to see the Vietnamese government spending money or being very generous to the Khmer population or other minorities. The happier they are, the better...and the quicker they will be assimilated into the mainstream society.

I'd also like to see all farmers getting tax break, not only Khmer farmers, but all farmers. That's the least the government can do to make it worthwhile for farmers to stay on their farms and grow crops, securing our agriculture. In the US, farmers are always heavily subsidized, for the same reason.

Socially, it'd probably help prevent waves of desperate farmers and their daughters to flock city streets and sidewalks to find jobs or to sell their bodies.

I really dont understand why the Vc government charge the tax so heavy from the farmers!!! What i think that government used a secret politic to kill all the farmers...Here i can tell to you all as:

In the western countries, the government alway co-operate their farmers, even they take tax, they just take a small amount of it...Sometimes they aid some budgets to the farmers either...Thats why we call the human are living in the same country....Its NOT look like the nasty VC government disturb and kill his own population...it careless about the population lives.But then, Byron is still involving with them!!! So?? why do you not live there?? You came here for what, Byron???


RockHeart,



:genius:

hes right

Actually, I would rather see the Khmer be their own people and not assimulate. I'm sure by assimulate, you meant identify with Viet Nam and her people more. I don't want them to actually abandon their customs and whatnot. Same for the other minorities - I want to see more diversity in VN.

I'm happy with them keeping their own culture and tradition. However, they must partially assimilate into the Vietnamese culture. They must learn the Vietnamese language and act as a Vietnamese citizen. Vietnam is not exclusively belongs t the Kinh people, it's belongs to all the people living within its own border. That includes the Montagnards, Chinese, Khmers and the Kinh.

I will not tolerate anybody trying to divide Vietnam ever again. No Dega state, no Khmer Krom and certainly no foreign occupation.

I think we should impose 90% income tax on ethnic chinese living in Vietnam.

That is totally stupid. All Vietnamese should be treated equally, with the exception of the disadvantaged Montagnards and Khmers.

The Chinese did their fair share of prospering Saigon, they should deserve credit for that. In the Vietnam War era, they totally dominated the banking industry and caused hardship for the people. I resented that.

However now their influence is considerably less and confined to Cho Lon and the immediate surrounds. Businesses these days are predominantly ethnic Kinh owned so I'm happy. One group should not have more power than they are entitled to.

Lol...

what are you laughing about?

no i think we should deport them all back to china since they didn't do any good for vietnam.

just my 50 cents

Rockheart WTF are you talking about? The Vietnam government is ABOLISHING TAXES for Khmer Krom farmers not raising it. Holy $hit you love to pick fights so bad that you start reading the wrong things right?

To all my Vietnamese friends, let me tell you that ethnic Chinese living in Vietnam are considered Vietnamese and have done their fair share of defending our country and independance. Besides 1 out of 10 Vietnamese in Saigon is an ethnic Chinese anyway. They also integrate into Vietnamese culture and really no more about our culture than they do of their Chinese culture.

In the Vietnam War, there was basically no attacks on Chinese or not even 1 single rape in South Vietnam, even though China was considered an enemy of South Vietnam for aiding the North.

So we have never really had any problems with Chinese in our country other than political AFTER the communist took over and deported them back because China started the 1979 Sino-Vietnam War, but in general ethnic Chinese in Vietnam think of themselves mostly as Vietnamese and have helped fight Vietnam's independance.

Most of them actually consider Vietnam their second homeland. Unlike other ethnic groups they are willing to integrate.

Don't worry about Byron, he's just a heartless POS.

I don't beleive anyone one with western education can be so fu-ked up.

I feel happy for the Khmer Krom people and hope the Vietnamese government changes it's attitudes towards all ethnic minorities. This is a truly step forward.

Here's to prosperity and peace in Vietnam

Where do you get or how do you come to this statistics may I ask ?

I dont care about the culture and language differences.

In my little perfect world, I would try my best to provide an environment where the Khmers can do whatever their hearts desire, and they can go the farthest their potentials allow them to go...just short of an independent nation of Kampuchea Krom, of course.
Because only until we can provide such environment, we then can have any right, any ground to expect their loyalty and dedication in return. Since we know that the Khmers would now sincerely love the country of Vietnam...not because they love the Viet/Kinh people, but because they love themselves, their children and future. The goal here, I guess, is to have the well-beings of the Khmer population tied up with Vietnam's own fortune. They will care once they know that Vietnam is theirs, too. That is what I meant by assimilation.

But of course, I'm only dreaming...

Hey Byron! You are fu-king up by yourself!!! You try to create the positive law for your VC regime! If your VC regime doing the right thing and support the population lives. So?? we all VN people have no one wants to escape to the western at all!!! We all VN and I were willing to stay there in order to build the country....

Byron! you dont be stupid in your own mind!!! You have to understand why did we all VN came to resettle in the western countries?? If your VC regime was a good relationships on the population!!! The majority of the VN complained and suffered so much, because of your VC regime was overbearing on them...Your VC regime took so much tax from the farmers, they didnt care how much the farmer still have left to survive...They just wanted to take enough for their had a plan...Why??

Byron! Do you have a good relationships with the VC regime???? So?? why don't you stay there help them carrying the weapons??? If you said your VC regime was a good...Why did you come here to the western country for ??? I can tell direction to you that you are a Looser!!(Byron)



RockHeart,

hey byron, cam cai mo cho' may lai di khong biet thi dung co noi, may chi la` thang bo dich cho may thang tau va thang nhat thoi, may la thang N*gga chu khong pahi la vietnamese. may la thang dang ghet nhat o trong day...cai do cho cong san nhu may di chet di.

I really like your perfect little world too.

Thang Byron nay la con ruot cua Cong San nam vung!! Thang Byron nay la nguoi sao nhut o trong dam cua nguoi VN...Neu may thich VC lam, tai sao may khog o voi bon VC va lam no le cho chung?? Tai sao may phai bo nuoc ma ra di??? Con nguoi cua may la te-lam khi ma so-sanh voi nguoi tay-phuong. May dang le hieu van de VC cha-dap cuoc song quan chung!! May co thay my nghin nguoi VN da bi chet tai bien-rong bao la khong??? Tai sao ma phai bi-chet nhu the??? May cung bi bo mang lau roi, neu may con song o duoi quyen cua VC...Dung co sao khi duoc qua khoi su tai hai...Neu may(Byron) van con tiep tuc noi sao nua, tao se den giet may tai nha...Toronto khog co xa lam dau! Tao quang-ly het cac tinh o Canada...




RockHeart,

dam hommie
are u in gang

People....i don't understand.... transalation please....anyone?

It's a "love" message from Rockheart to Byron.
Too long to translate. But it goes something like...
Byron, Rockheart love you! Rockheart really meant from
the bottom of Rock's heart. No matter how wrong Byron is,
Rockheart will always keep Byron in Rocks'heart
yeah...somethin' like that. Very touchy actually

I think I am gonna cry

really? ill take your word for it....

dont cry be dry....hahaha

I can't understand all of it but I think Byron better watch his back , something about Toronto and kill

I think RockHeart and Byron are best friends .

Seriously can people translate this please. I just want to see how is his Viet writing comparing his to English one.

OMG! how the fu-k can you speak vietnamese? anyways, i hated this mother fu-ker. all he can do is sucking cumm to the chinese and j@p. as a matter of fact, i don't like the way he talk but since he is just a little kid that's why i don't take it so seriously. he is worst than a dog

btw, how the fu-k can you speak viet? are you viet or something?

Rock Heart is an ethnic Khmer who was born in Vietnam

[quote=colter,Jun 13 2004, 03:04 AM]


[/QUOTE]
OMG! how the fu-k can you speak vietnamese? anyways, i hated this mother fu-ker. all he can do is sucking cumm to the chinese and j@p. as a matter of fact, i don't like the way he talk but since he is just a little kid that's why i don't take it so seriously. he is worst than a dog

btw, how the fu-k can you speak viet? are you viet or something? [/quote]
hes not a kid , hes 25 years old

Hey that's not very nice to call him that.

oh i see.

i don't give a $hit about him. from what i see, he looks like a cambodian or N*gga......i am so piss off the way he is sucking cumm to the chinese and j@p. fukkk this mother fu-ker!

I'll try to translate it to English, sorry, I'm not very good at translating. His Vietnamese is pretty good!

^"he looks like a cambodian"....was that suppose to be an insult?hahaha....

anyhow, rockheart says a lot of bad stuff but so does bryon...it's a one on one battle.

I've been told you people. Leave this love birds alone.
I've already translated that to Mayura. What don't you understand?

People are different that's all.

^"he looks like a cambodian"....was that suppose to be an insult?hahaha....

no it't not.....the reason i said that because i know he hated cambodian that's why i used it to piss him off that all. i treated everyone the same, i don't feel i am superior to anybody.

^ohhh..i think i understand, but i think rockheart is cambodian. correct me if im wrong...but he was just born in vietnam. i dont think calling him a cambodian would offend him.

^ I'm pretty sure he was saying that to Byron.

Let us hitched the two-lovebird together; the sooner the better.

dang, im lost. thanks for the clarifaction. ill stop now.hehe.

Be patient. They just have to go through the period of adjustment like every couple does. Let's jumpstart their love affair a notch...I 'll start out with a poem...

Roses are red, violets are blue
So long Rockheart has Byron, da world's kool!
Word that doesn't need to be unspoken,
Word that doesn't need a translator
So long Rockheart has Byron, who needs a vibrator
In the beginning, it was a far from a dream
But now Rockheart has Byron, everyday is ice-cream

Oh I better stop before I get into trouble.
Just kidding y'all. No harm intented.

Hey Colter!! You dont know nothing about me...So?? Please shut of your mother fu-ker mouth!!! Dont try to harm yourself!!



RockHeart,

lol Byron let it go you know better.

A university student is still a child at heart.