Vietnam War

==United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races (FULRO)==
{{Main|United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races|FULRO insurgency against Vietnam}}

The ethnic minority peoples of South Vietnam, like the [[Degar|Montagnards]] (Degar) in the Central Highlands, the Hindu and Muslim [[Cham people|Cham]], and the Buddhist [[Khmer Krom]], were actively recruited in the war. There was an active strategy of recruitment and favorable treatment of Montagnard tribes for the Viet Cong, as they were pivotal for control of infiltration routes.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kaminsky |first1=Arnold P. |title=Nationalism and Imperialism in South and Southeast Asia: Essays Presented to Damodar R.SarDesai |last2=Long |first2=Roger D. |publisher=Routledge |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-351-99742-3}}</ref> Some groups had split off and formed the [[United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races]] (French: ''Front Uni de Lutte des Races Opprimées'', acronym: FULRO) to fight for autonomy or independence. FULRO fought against both the South Vietnamese and the Viet Cong, later proceeding to fight against the unified [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam]] after the fall of South Vietnam.

During the war, the South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem began a program to settle ethnic Vietnamese Kinh on Montagnard lands in the Central Highlands region. This provoked a backlash from the Montagnards, some joining the Viet Cong as a result. The Cambodians under both the pro-China King Sihanouk and the pro-American Lon Nol supported their fellow co-ethnic Khmer Krom in South Vietnam, following an anti-ethnic Vietnamese policy. Following Vietnamization many Montagnard groups and fighters were incorporated into the [[Vietnamese Rangers]] as border sentries.