In 1967 , the Viet Cong slaughtered 252 Degar in the village of Dak Son , home to 2,000 Highlanders , known as the Đắk Sơn massacre , in revenge for the Degar 's support and allegiance with South Vietnam . In 1975 , thousands of Degar fled to Cambodia after the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese Army , fearing that the new government would launch reprisals against them because they had aided the U.S. Army . The U.S. military resettled some Degar in the United States , primarily in North Carolina , but these evacuees numbered less than 2,000 . In addition , the Vietnamese government has steadily displaced thousands of villagers from Vietnam 's central highlands , to use the fertile land for coffee plantations
Đắk Sơn massacre
Đắk Sơn massacre
Indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands in Vietnam