People are worried about natural disasters, as Vietnam wants to open the border

People living near the Cambodian-Vietnamese border, Ratanakiri are worried about the lossNatural resources and daily life of the people if Cambodia and Vietnam open borders in areas rich in forests and other mineral resources.
Jarai ethnic minority in Nhan commune, Andong Meas district, Ratanakkiri province, said the Vietnamese side is ambitious to allow Cambodia to open three border gates. Located at the border post No. 4/02, No. 10 and 13, to make it easier                                                                               
for Vietnamese people to enter Cambodian territory to illegally engage in illegal timber trade.
Indigenous people living near the Cambodian-Cambodian border in Andong Meas are worried that if Cambodian authorities agree to allow Vietnam to open border gates at these border posts Yes, it will make it easier for Vietnamese people to log down and transport wood that affects the environment and their livelihoods. Ethnicity Indigenous Peoples.
He said that the border gate Vietnam had recently closed, four different locations belonged to the border post No. 17. 18. 19 and 19/5 is also a way for some Cambodians to travel and transport agricultural products. ""
In late December 2017, Ratanakiri provincial commissioner Nguon Koeun sent a report to the National Police Commissariat on the blockade of access roads between the defenders. Vietnam's border demarcation and the border guard post in Ratanakiri. The report confirms that for the second time, the Vietnamese border guards block the way of the two countries' border crossings, Vietnam has dug a demolition canal, a border post No 04/2 on December 12, 2017. The closure of these four gates has prevented the entry of Cambodia's border guard postes 505 and border guard posts 703 of Vietnam.
Asia Free could not find a source for Ratanakkiri provincial commissioner Nguon Koeun for further clarification on January 8.
Acting Coordinator for Adhoc, Ratanakiri, Dinh Khieu understands that Vietnam's purpose is to close the channel, likely to pressure the Ratanakiri authorities to approve the proposal. Which wants to open borders rich in natural resources or forests. He said that if the Ratanakiri provincial authorities opened at the request of Vietnam, it would facilitate the Vietnamese to illegally log and log illegal timber to the country. Vietnam. ""
Din Khin Nie added that the border shaft that Vietnam officially requested to officially open Cambodia would not benefit the Cambodian people, Severe benefits include loss of natural resources, livelihoods, and increasing forest crime.
On December 11, 2017, the Ratanakkiri and Khemara authorities convened four rounds of bilateral talks, but the provincial authorities were bordering the two countries. Only one point is at Point 19. In the remaining three locations, the Rattanakiri provincial authority dismissed, arguing that the area is in the jungle, there are no Khmer citizens and Crossed.




 August 17, 2016: Vietnam's old post near the border post No. 30 at the front of the O'Yadav district's International Border Gate, Ratanakiri province.