The Khmer people was considered the first owners of the MEKONG DELTA from land during and after the period of the Kingdom of Funan, there are many scholars in search of Khmer history but no exact data sources about the history of this people , during the French invasion of Indochina, then there was the first documentation of the Khmer people.
There are many documents have to equate the history of the Khmer people of South Vietnam with Cambodia. However, this hypothesis is no longer accepted after the cultural mind of the Strait was discovered, the Khmer in MEKONG DELTA is the official successor of the Funan Kingdom after the Chenla overthrew and annexed. And also in this period the Khmer people in this region were deeply assimilated by the Khmer people in the Mainland.
During the period of His Long "no Hypnosis to 150.000 Vietnamese people, but is still considered an ethnicity have full rights as Free people. King Gia Long placed in them: clade Kim; Jelly; The paint; Forestry; "[Chile Flavor] in the nineteenth century the Khmer people was officially merged into the community of Vietnam and have complete separation with the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and there are significant differences such as language, culture and arts.
In the period of resistance against the France-United States, the Khmer people were together, people United fight against colonialism, protect this land and Nation.
Organized social life
The Khmer people accustomed to live on the "sand hillocks" or the high ground, gathered into the many Care episodes (care) Srok incorporates Phum. These units are charged the equivalent of Hamlet and commune. However, today we are difficult to determine exactly the boundary between the Phum Care based on the boundaries of the hamlet of the commune under unified politically now that "the Khmer Buddhist sect, southern of the minor. They spin around their pants the temples and Temple is considered the most sacred place in life ".
The main earning activities of the Khmer people is agriculture, including the cultivation and breeding. A number of intellectuals who role in spreading culture and taught in the temple.

Today, the Khmer people as well as the other people have the opportunity of exposure to many new learning platform and have the opportunity to study better. AFP levels improve, in organizing social life as well as the Organization of family life have the important change and deeply influenced by Vietnamese people.
Art writing
About writing: according to legends of the Khmer Nation in about 50 years, "the Prince of India came to this land and married to the daughter of Long and teaches people how to crop and start creating social". The voice of the Khmer writing deeply influenced by Indian language. In that two of the most important influence on garden beds that Sanskrit is in the stage of higher education, as well as La Pa-li in the Buddhist period.
The handwriting of the Khmer people have strokes similar to the Sanskrit character. "the first King of Funan Hun-first initiated organized and popular Indian mores, ... in which the letter Pra-mei for indigenous people".
About art: the Khmer people have longstanding cultural, value the arts also flourished, and bring this people's own imprint. On the art of Khmer people famous for the viewer's soul as he dances and forestry Village, Persicaria Hydropiper-vong etc or smoother folk elements. Special stage of Khmer art reached a high level of development such as Rôbam or "Yuke", a special type of Yu stats are highly objectionable interference of many cultures, it is also called "Basac Lakhôn (Drama Department Basac MEKONG DELTA News)". Lakhôn is my favorite because of the Khmer art forms of this type of accord with ethnic characteristics as well as aesthetic complaint is in the tradition of the Khmer people.

Today along with the development of the country the Khmer people has made a positive contribution to the construction and reconstruction of the country, is beautiful and people are longstanding culture, the Khmer people increasingly showed tenacity in the integration and Developer.