HANOI, March 15 (Xinhuanet) -- A group of 43 Vietnamese ethnic
minority people, who had illegally crossed the border into
Cambodia from the country's Tay Nguyen provinces, left their
makeshift camps in Cambodia for home Thursday.
   They were welcomed at Duc Co bordergate by Vietnam's Gia Lai
province's authorities upon their arrival at 18:00 hours the same
day, according to a report of Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on Friday.
   Gia Lai province provided each of them an initial allowance of
500,000 Vietnamese dong (VND) (30 U.S. dollars) to help them
stabilize their lives.
   All the Vietnamese returnees expressed their joy to return to
the homeland, said VNA, adding that many of them burst into tears
in the open arms of their family members while others expressed
remorse for having been deceived by malefactors.
   They expressed their boundless gratitude to the party,
government, local administration and mass organizations for
welcoming them back.
   Seventy-six of the more than 1,000 such migrants returned to
their homes on February 19 and March 2 this year.
   More than 1,000 Vietnamese ethnic minority people in Vietnam's
Tay Nguyen provinces illegally crossed the border to Cambodia due
to cheat and incitement by malefactors last year.
   Most of them are now living temporarily in makeshift camps in
Cambodia.   Enditem