Economic activities of Chinese communities in southern Vietnam under the Republic of Vietnam (1955-1975)

Abstract

The economic activities of the Hoa in Southern Vietnam were the second most concern by the government of the Republic of Vietnam, only after the issue of the nationality of the Hoa in Southern Vietnam. This study presents the measures taken by the government of the Republic of Vietnam on the Hoa community in Southern Vietnam in the economic field and the impacts of these measures on the economic activities of the Hoa under the Republic of Vietnam period. Based on exploiting the archives, through comparison with the economic policy towards the Chinese of some Southeast Asian governments of the same time, this study points out the nature of economic measures of the government of the Republic of Vietnam towards the Hoa people and the characteristics of Hoa’s economic activities in Southern Vietnam (1955-1975).