In the 17th century, however, ethnic Vietnamese settlers arrived in the region from the east.

The Vietnamese and Vietnamese settlers are everywhere on Khmer territory, but no one ever addresses the problem.

The eastern bank was mostly home to Chinese and Vietnamese (forced) settlers.

With the arrival of the Vietnamese settlers, a new name in Vietnamese was gradually developed.

He also said another important factor was the presence of Vietnamese settlers, whom he said numbered as many as one million and included some former soldiers.

CGDK sources maintained that there were really about 700,000 Vietnamese settlers in the country.

Although the land was extremely fertile, the region was agriculturally underexploited, having been occupied by Vietnamese settlers only relatively recently.

The guerrillas reportedly singled out Vietnamese settlers for summary execution.

This Khmer etymology theory is quite interesting, given the Khmer context that existed when the first Vietnamese settlers arrived in the region.

Increasing waves of Vietnamese settlers, which the Cambodian kingdom could not impede because it was weakened by war with Thailand, slowly Vietnamized the area.