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KAMPUCHEA KROM CHRONOLOGY
(Information in this page is extracted from http://www.khmerkrom.org)
From the 1st to the early 17th century -- Kampuchea Krom territory belongs to the Khmer empire. During this period, as the early as the 10th century, the Vietnamese stared its territorial expansion into the Kingdom of Champa. The princess Huyen Tran of Vietnam was presented for marriage to the King of Champa as a Trap to annex the Cham's territory. In the early 17th century, the Vietnamese totally took over the Kingdom of Champa. For more information about Champa's history, please visit http://chamyouth.com
1620 -- The young Khmer monarch, King Chey Chetha II fell into the similar Vietnamese trap as the King of Champa, marrying Princess Ngoc Van, daughter of Vietnamese King Nguyen Hy Tong. After the Wedding, Queen Ngoc Van convinced the King to bring many Vietnamese to work in high positions at the Palace, located in the Capital of Udong in Kampuchea/Cambodia.
1623 -- Through the Queen's intervention, the Nguyen warlord sent Vietnamese delegates to ask the Court of Udong to grant permission for the Vietnamese to conduct trade in Morea (Baria), Prei Nokor (Saigon), and Chong Wa Tropeang (Bien Hoa) provinces. Because of his marriage to the Vietnamese woman, the King Chey Chettha II agreed to grant the trade permission and also allowed the Vietnamese temporary settle in those provinces to work and trade. This was the first time that the Vietnamese obtained a foothold in Kampuchea Krom and started their ambitious expansion plan toward the South, called Nam Tien in Vietnamese.
1628 -- King Chey Chettha II died. Queen Ngoc Van started building up her influence in Kampuchea government to allow more Vietnamese to settle in Kampuchea Krom.
1628 -- 1775 -- During this time, Kampuchea Krom started falling under Vietnamese control. Chong Wa Tropeang (Bien Hoa) and Prah Suakea or Morea (Ba Ria) in 1651; Kampong Kou (Long An) in 1669; Tuol Ta Mauk (Thu Dau Mot) and Prei Norkor (Saigon) in 1696; Peam (Hatien), Kramounsar (Rach Gia), and Koth Tral (Phu Quoc island) in 1722; Mesar (My Tho), Kampong Reussey (Ben Tre), Koh Gong (Go Cong), Ba Rach (Long Xuyen) in 1732;
Phsar Dek (Sa Dec), Luong Hor (Vinh Long), Moth Chrouk (Chau Doc) in 1757; Raung Damrey (Tay Ninh) in 1770; Prek Reussey (Can Tho) in 1758; Preah Trapeang (Tra Vinh), Khleang (Soc Trang), Pol Leav (Bac Lieu), and Teuk Khmao (Ca Mau) in 1775.
Even when controlled by the Vietnamese, Kampuchea Krom did not completely belong to Vietnam; the Khmer Krom people were still fighting against the Vietnamese invasion throughout Kampuchea Krom to get their land back.
1802 -- 1820 -- Under the regime of Gia Long (Vietnamese), Khmer Krom people were forced to dig Vinh Te canal to set borderline between Kampuchea and Kampuchea Krom. Thousands of Khmer Krom were killed by flood. Khmer Krom people's heads were used as a triangle stove to boil water for Vietnamese masters. During this time, the Khmer Krom people also were forced to change their last name in Vietnamese and their religion from Hinayana to Mahayana Buddhism.
1859 -- 1867 -- French dominated much of Southeast Asia
1867 -- 1954 -- During French colonization of Kampuchea Krom, in 1867, instead of making Kampuchea Krom part of the protectorate of "Indo China", they colonized it and called it "Cochin China". They used the Vietnamese as interpreters, translators, policemen, military officers, while using Khmer Krom as laborers only. On June 4th , 1949, the president Vincent Auriol (French), without plebiscite and in violation of the International law, ceded Cochin China (Kampuchea Krom) to Bao Dai (Vietnam). Since then, the Khmer Krom people have been legally separated from the motherland of Kampuchea.
1954 -- 1975 -- Under colonization of Republic of Vietnam, Khmer Krom people were forced to change their name to Vietnamese in order to go to school or looking for jobs. During Vietnam war, approximately 20,000 young Khmer Krom men joined the "Mike" Special Forces working with the U.S. to fight against Vietnamese Communist.
1975 -- present -- After April 30, 1975, the Vietnamese Communist totally controlled Kampuchea Krom. The Khmer Krom have become the victims of colonization by the Vietnamese Communist government. The Khmer Krom people are not given the fundamental rights as human beings. The culture, traditions and history of the Khmer Krom are being destroyed.
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