- Title: SOUTH VIETNAM-REFUGEES FROM KHMER REPUBLIC LIVE IN MAKE-SHIFT CAMPS.
- Date: 12th September 1973
- Summary: 1. GV Refugees in camp 0.03 2. SV INT Refugees in hut and eating (2 shots) 0.16 3. SV Refugees wheeling logs on cart 0.21 4. SV Piling earth for funeral 0.27 5. SV woman weeping and children looking on (2 shots) 0.32 6. CU Coffin with body 0.38 7. GV Mourners 0.42 8. SV Men burning the coffin and pouring on petrol 0
- Embargoed: 27th September 1973 13:00
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- Location: NEAR SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM
- Country: Vietnam
- Reuters ID: LVA10R5XLZOXK90L5X731POAYKUB
- Story Text: Since the United States halted the bombing of the Khmer Republic in August, thousands of refugees from the Republic have streamed into South Vietnam.
In Chau Doc Province, 135 miles (217 km) southwest of Saigon, more than 7,000 Cambodian refugees are living in a make-shift camp, trying to piece their lives together again in a more peaceful atmosphere. One camp, located near the district town of Tinh Bien, is only one mile from the border between South Vietnam and the Khmer Republic.
The latest victims of the Indo-China war are trying to eke out an existence on the basic necessities provided by the South Vietnamese government. For some, it was a time to bury their dead. The body of one old woman, placed in a hastily made coffin, was burned in the new homeland while members of her family looked on.
The families are given coupons distributed by the South Vietnamese Social and Welfare Ministry. They receive rations of rice, condensed milk and other basic food supplies. Those who took money with them to South Vietnam are able to supplement their diets with food bought from private vendors.
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