Vietnamese wary of planned census

26 August 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Censuses / Civil society / Demographics / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Government / Migration / Ministries and other national bodies / Population and censuses / Social development
Cambodia National Rescue Party / CNRP / Minority Rights Organization / MIRO / Yim Sovann

Sok Hieng* is concerned about a government census of foreigners that some observers believe will focus primarily on those of Vietnamese descent.

“I am afraid that I will be forced to leave Cambodia because I do not have ID yet,” said Hieng, a 33-year-old construction worker who was born in Phnom Penh to Vietnamese parents. “When I go to Vietnam, they consider me Cambodian; I am in the middle between Cambodian and Vietnamese.” …

 Sean Teehan and Phak Seangly
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