Abstract
Khu Tru Mat is one of the important rural policies issued by the Government of the Republic of Vietnam (1955 - 1963). Through this policy, Khu Tru Mat was established in many strategically located areas in the Mekong Delta. Accordingly, the Vi Thanh - Hoa Luu area was both an important intersection in the transport connection system and a strategic political-military position of the Government of the Republic of Vietnam in the Mekong Delta. Therefore, the implementation of the Khu Tru Mat policy in the Vi Thanh - Hoa Luu area was not only the goal of building a strategic political and military area of the Government of the Republic of Vietnam but also had a great impact on the rural face here. The purpose of this study is to analyze the impacts of the Khu Tru Mat policy on the spatial change of residential areas in the rural areas of Vi Thanh - Hoa Luu by exploiting the values from the data source at Vietnam's National Archives in Ho Chi Minh city. The research results not only provide important references but also orient some historical experiences for contributing to the strategic planning of socio-economic development in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam today.
Highlights
Khu Tru Mat was one of the important rural policies of the Government of the Republic of Vietnam, promulgated by President Ngo Dinh Diem (1955 - 1963)
The Government of the Republic of Vietnam made a large investment in finance and construction of facilities to promote economic and social development
Both the Government of the United States and the Republic of Vietnam made efforts to build these places into permanent agricultural lands, in which the peasants were resettled and organized into paramilitary armies to prevent infiltration by the Viet Cong
Summary
Khu Tru Mat was one of the important rural policies of the Government of the Republic of Vietnam, promulgated by President Ngo Dinh Diem (1955 - 1963). That had a great impact on the rural appearance and made an important contribution to the political and military strategy of the Government of the Republic of Vietnam in rural management and control of farmers in the area On this topic, in international studies, there are the following approaches: According to research by Zasloff (1962), the term Khu Tru Mat was understood as “protected villages” or “agrovilles”. Researched by Spector (1983), the Khu Tru Mat policy was started in 1959 and it was built into networks throughout the delta, bordering Saigon Both the Government of the United States and the Republic of Vietnam made efforts to build these places into permanent agricultural lands, in which the peasants were resettled and organized into paramilitary armies to prevent infiltration by the Viet Cong. It oriented the research on the process of establishing the Khu Tru Mat and analyzed the change in the economic spatial structure for this rural community
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