Vietnamese invasions of Cambodia

rdf:langString Vietnamese invasions of Cambodia

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rdf:langString Locations of Vietnamese garrisons and offices during the occupation of Cambodia

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rdf:langString "...The barbarians [in Cambodia] have become my children now, and you should help them, and teach them our customs... I have heard, for example, that the land is plentiful and fertile, and that there are plenty of oxen [for plowing]... but the people have no knowledge of [advanced] agriculture, using picks and hoes, rather than oxen. They grow enough rice for two meals a day, but they don’t store any surplus. Daily necessities like cloth, silk, ducks and pork are very expensive... Now all these shortcomings stem from the laziness of the Cambodians... and my instructions to you are these; teach them to use oxen, teach them to grow more rice, teach them to raise mulberry trees, pigs and ducks... As for language, they should be taught to speak Vietnamese. [Our habits of] dress and table manners must also be followed. If there is any out-dated or barbarous custom that can be simplified, or repressed, then do so.

rdf:langString Minh Mạng of Vietnam, 1835

rdf:langString The Vietnamese invasions of Cambodia refers to the period of Cambodian history, between 1813 and 1845, when the Kingdom of Cambodia was invaded by the Kingdom of Vietnam three times, and a brief period from 1834 to 1841 when Cambodia was part of Tây Thành province in Vietnam, undertaken by Vietnamese emperors Gia Long (r. 1802–1819) and Minh Mạng (r. 1820–1841). The first invasion that took place in 1811-1813 put Cambodia as Vietnam's client kingdom. The second invasion in 1833–1834 made Cambodia a de facto Vietnamese province. Minh Mạng's harsh rule of the Cambodians finally ended after he died in early 1841, an event which coincided with a Cambodian rebellion, and both which triggered a Siamese intervention in 1842. The unsuccessful third invasion of 1845 resulted in the independence of Cambodia. Siam and Vietnam signed a peace treaty in 1847, allowing Cambodia to reassert its independence in 1848.