Country: Vietnam
Group: Chinese/Hoa
Date: April 10, 2020
Team: Giselle Chavez Lopez (lead), Sophia Agne, Aracely Esquer
The Chinese population in Vietnam is considered the largest ethnic minority group. In the 1950s, the Vietnamese government imposed laws that forced Chinese to obtain Vietnamese citizenship, barred non-citizens from certain professions, and required Vietnamese to be taught in Chinese high schools (Minority Watch, n.d.). Subsequently, these series of laws limited the Hoa’s economic opportunities. After Socialist Republic of Vietnam control in the late 1970s, Chinese were discriminated against in land and property issues and many were threatened to transfer and relocate. The border war with China the following year further encouraged ethnic Chinese departures. At least 450,000 Chinese were expelled in 1978-9 and the population continued to decrease afterwards (Minority Watch, n.d; Amer, 1996). The data quality is a 3 because of the availability and reliability of the sources.
Sources
- Amer, R. (1996). Vietnam’s policies and the ethnic Chinese since 1975. SOJOURN, 11(1), 76-104.
- Minority Watch (n.d.). Chinese (Hoa). Retrieved from https://minorityrights.org/minorities/chinese-hoa/