Khmer Krom

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Khmer people in Vietnam or the Khmer Krom (Khmer: ជនជាតិខ្មែរក្រោម, Chǒnchiĕt Khmaê Kraôm, [cɔn.ciət kʰmae kraom]; lit. 'lower Khmer people' or 'southern Khmer people'; (Vietnamese: Dân tộc Khmer Krom, [zʌn˧˧ tokˀ˧˨ xɤ˧˧mɛ˧˧ xᵊɣom˧˧])) are ethnically Khmer people living in or hailing from the Mekong Delta (Tây Nam Bộ), the south western part of Vietnam known in Khmer as Kampuchea Krom (Khmer: កម្ពុជាក្រោម, Kămpŭchiĕ Kraôm [kam.pu.ciə kraom] lit. 'Lower Cambodia'). The Khmer Krom people are considered the indigenous people of parts of Southern Vietnam and have the oldest extant recorded history of inhabiting in the region. In Vietnam, they are recognized as one of Vietnam's fifty-four ethnic minorities. In accordance with Resolution 117-CT/TƯ issued on September 29, 1981 by the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Resolution 122-CT issued on May 12, 1982 by the Vietnamese Ministry Committee, the term Khmer (as well as its Vietnamese transliteration Khơ Me and Khơ-me) was sanctioned...

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