Letter to Vietnam Prime Minister

 July 15, 2020

To: Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc the Vietnam Prime Minister.

 

This is one of the first times I am writing a letter to you of my concern about your actions to kill and take our farmland away from my Dega Montagnard people. We came from the Tower of Babel. We stopped at The Cam Mran. The Central Highland is Dega Country. A separate part of Vietnam. The Vietnamese people were coming from Mongolia (Mongco); they never upon our arrival in the Central Highland. The Vietnamese occupation of Dega country, Vietnam used  Civil War genocide against the Dega Montagnards to steal Dega Country and force our territory to become a part of Vietnam.

 

During the French federal period, there was a population of over 3.5 million Dega people and now there is only a population of 200,000 Dega people. Where did the other 3.3 million Dega people go? What is happening to these people? Where are they? We did not go to war with anybody. The only thing we know is that the Vietnamese are killing all of my 

Dega Montagnard people.

 

We do not accept Vietnam calling us “minorities” or “Vietnamese citizens." The Dega Montagnards are completely different from Vietnamese. We have our own country.

 

According to the French Federal Government:

Two States were separated state in 1946:

In 1946, two States were created: 

The An Nam State for the Vietnamese people, and Montagnard State for the Dega people.

 

On May 27, 1946, the Dega State was officially recognized when an ordinance was signed by Mr' D'argenlieu, a representative of the French Federal government in Indochina. This area, located in Southeast Asia, was called the Dega land, Dega country.

 

The Dega people came from The Tower of Babel. The Lord said they are one people with one language, they live together. Three boats left The Tower of Babel together, one boat stopped in Malaysia, one boat stopped in the Philippines and a Dega boat stopped at Central Highlands. The name of the city where the boat stopped at was named Kam Mran. Kam Mran was renamed by the Vietnamese and became Cam Ranh. Cam Ranh is also known as the port of Dega.

 

The Dega people have lived in Central Highlands before Jesus Christ was born. 

To this day, we are still living in the same location. We are completely different from Vietnamese people from our habits, culture, and social status we hold.

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We have done absolutely nothing wrong but we are hurting the most. As a result of us worshiping God and our relationship with God almighty, the Vietnamese government still does not allow us the right to practice or exercise our religion because you are against the Christian people.

 

The Central Highland is Dega Country, a separate part of Vietnam. 

The Vietnamese people were coming from Mongolia (mongco); they never upon our arrival in the Central Highland. The Vietnamese occupation of Dega country. Vietnam used Civil War and genocide against the Dega people to steal Dega Country and force our territory to become part of Vietnam.

 

According to the French Federal Government:

Two States were separated state in 1946:

In 1946, two States were created: The An Nam State for the Vietnamese people, and Montagnard State for the Dega people.

 

On May 27, 1946, the Dega State was recognized when an ordinance was signed by Mr' D'argenlieu, a representative of the French Federal government in Indochina. This area, located in Southeast Asia, was called the Dega land, Dega country.

 

The borders of our territories were as follows:

 

To the North, limited by the 17th parallel.

To the East, limited by the annamitic Ridge ( Chaine Annamitique )

To the South, limited by Cochin-China borders.

To the West, limited by Laotian and Cambodian borders.

Be cleared, the Dega borders from the 20th parallel, and not from the 17th parallel; The French who make it from the 17th parallel before they left Vietnam in 1954.

 

We are highlighted by the value of the land that God gave to us, but that has been taken from us by the Vietnamese government.

 

According to President Donald J. Trump, on September 23, 2019, he had addressed the United Nations saying, "I was also pleased to host leaders for a discussion about an ironclad American commitment: protecting religious leaders and also protecting religious freedom. This fundamental right is under a growing threat around the world. Hard to believe, but 80 percent of the world’s population lives in countries where religious liberty is in significant danger or even completely outlawed. Americans will never fire or tire in our effort to defend and promote freedom of worship and religion. We want and support religious liberty for all." According to a report that I received from the United Nations, religious freedom is a fundamental right that we can exercise. Yet religious persecution still continues to happen in Vietnam. We should be allowed to exercise our rights. Religious freedom means that we Christians can worship God almighty freely. 

 

The International Dega Church organization will continue practicing our religion among the Dega Montagnard Central Highlands. We will take place and exercise our religious freedom. We will start our own church and name it “The International Dega Church.” We will organize this church just for our Dega Montagnard people only. We will not allow the Vietnamese under any circumstances to take away our freedom and our religious freedom. We will use our own rules for our own people.

 

Sincerely,

 

Y-Duen Buondap