Ethnic Identity of the Khmer People Along the Border Area of Kien Giang Province

Abstract

This article analyzes the dynamics of ethnic identity of Khmer people in five fieldsites along the border area of Kien Giang province. Khmer ethnic identity is changing in this area under cultural influences of the Hoa, Kinh, and their co-ethnic people across the border in Cambodia. This paper aims to assess the extent and influence of the Khmer and Viet and the Hoa people as well as their co-ethnic people in the border area of Kien Giang province.