Vietnam Authorities Continue to Ban Cambodian TV Broadcasts

Source: VOKK News

Khmer Krom local, Mr. Son Kim Sang, has told VOKK News that the Vietnamese authorities have prohibited his family from installing a satellite disk in order to receive TV signals from Cambodia.

Being a Khmer person living in the Mekong Delta, Mr. Son has explained to the Vietnamese authorities that he and his family only plan to learn about Khmer culture and Khmer language by watching Cambodian TVs, however the Vietnamese disregard his request and told him to take down his satellite, or else face arrest.

Mr. Son has also expressed that the half-hour Khmer-language show produced by the Vietnamese authorities in his hometown is too short and useless information, and while the rest of the programming in Vietnamese-language only. Hence, he has to find other source of information for his family in order to keep his cultural identity alive.

Mr. Son family reside at District 9, Tra Vinh city, Tra Vinh province, Mekong Delta.