VN state media casting CNRP as border villain

Amid a recent string of heated exchanges and tense standoffs along sections of the Cambodia-Vietnam border, a state media outlet in Vietnam joined the chorus of coverage with a conciliatory, yet critical, propaganda article that has analysts and academics attempting to read between the lines.

Titled "The inseparable ties of villagers along Vietnam-Cambodia border", the piece was published on Sunday by state newspaper Tuoi Tre.

The article draws on the similarities between the neighbouring communities while characterising them as “victims” of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, the party whose members earlier this month led 2,000 Cambodians at a rally near the border in Svay Rieng province over alleged Vietnamese encroachment.

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