Vietnam: Treatment of ethnic Chinese in the workplace and educational system (1999-2002)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 26 April 2002 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | VNM38818.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Vietnam: Treatment of ethnic Chinese in the workplace and educational system (1999-2002), 26 April 2002, VNM38818.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4bec6c.html [accessed 28 May 2023] |
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The Minorities at Risk Project stated the following in its 15 September 1999 report on the Chinese in Vietnam:
Since the early 1980s, the political, economic, and cultural status of the ethnic Chinese living in Vietnam has progressively improved. Efforts to reform and liberalize the economy have allowed the Hoa to reassert their dominant role in the economic arena. One report indicates that the Chinese in Ho Chi Minh City, the country's economic center, now control up to 50% of local commercial activities. Hanoi has supported the economic efforts of the ethnic Chinese in part to improve the country's economy but also as an avenue to promote foreign investment. The ethnic Chinese appear to be a bridge between the Hanoi government and overseas Chinese investors in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
While the Chinese remain underrepresented in the political arena, all restrictions on their participation were officially lifted in the mid-1990s. The ethnic Chinese are referred to as Vietnamese citizens who possess the same rights and duties guaranteed to all citizens. In the cultural arena, government and private efforts have been undertake[n] to promote the use of Mandarin in schools and the development of a Chinese curriculum.
No further information on the treatment of ethnic Chinese in the workplace or educational system in Vietnam could be found within the time constraints of this Response.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Minorities at Risk Project. 15 September 1999. Lyubov Mincheva. "Chinese in Vietnam."
Additional Sources Consulted
IRB Databases
Europa World Year Book 2001
NEXIS
Political Handbook of the World 1999
US Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
WNC
Internet sites including:
Amnesty International
AsianInfo
BBC
Freedom House
Huaren.org
Human Rights Watch
Keesing's Record of World Events
Minority Rights Group International
Pacific Pulse
UNHCHR
UNHCR
US Committee for Refugees
US Library of Congress
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Vietnam Globe
