Historie znad Mekongu - Vu Images

Vietnam, Soc Trang, 2009 Hanh, a Khmer Krom dressmaker, single, mother of two children. Like many agglomerations in this land of the melting pot, the city of Soc Trang is populated with Vietnamese but also with minorities, particularly Chinese and Cambodians who are called Khmer Krom. The Khmer represent 28% of the delta's population today. This large minority, in spite of being "Vietnamized", preserves its language, religion and customs. Some are natives descending from families who lived in the delta before the arrival of the Vietnamese and others are recent immigrants, who arrived in Cambodia after 1975 to escape the Khmer Rouge regime. Vietnam, Soc Trang, 2009 Hanh, couturicre Khmer krom, celibataire, mcre de deux enfants. Comme nombre d'agglomerations dans cette terre de metissage, la ville de Soc Trang est peuplee de Vietnamiens (Kinh) et de minorites, en particulier des Chinois et des Cambodgiens appeles Khmer krom. Les Khmers representent aujourd'hui 28 % de la population du delta. Quoique ??vietnamisee??, cette importante minorite conserve sa langue, sa religion, ses coutumes. Si certains sont autochtones, descendants des familles qui habitaient le delta avant l'arrivee des Vietnamiens, d'autres sont des immigres recents, arrives du Cambodge aprcs 1975 pour fuir le regime khmer rouge. Lam Duc Hien / Agence VU