PHNOM PENH: The Vietnamese foreign ministry has called on Cambodian authorities to ensure the welfare of people of Vietnamese origin, after Phnom Penh last week ordered the eviction of many households in floating villages on the Tonle Sap River. The Vietnamese-origin Cambodian community are ethnic Vietnamese people who moved into Cambodia - mainly in the Tonle Sap River area - and have made a living there for generations with neither Vietnamese nor Cambodian citizenship papers. The spokesman for the ministry Le Thị Thu Hang made the statement on Thursday in Ha Noi in response to questions over the fate of Vietnamese households affected by Phnom Penh's decision.
