Balanced News: Vietnam’s ethnic minorities to denounce discrimination at the UN

Activists from the U.S.-based organization Boat People SOS (BPSOS) will inform the United Nations about widespread discrimination faced by ethnic minorities in Vietnam. Vietnam joined the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination in 1982 and will have to report on steps taken to eliminate ethnic discrimination. BPSOS plans to denounce the Vietnamese government for religious, economic, and cultural repression policies targeting ethnic groups such as the Montagnards, the H’mong, and the Khmer Krom. Ethnic minorities in Vietnam face issues such as lack of identification documents, loss of language, and land conflicts.