According to a press release from the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee (CPVCC) the Vishnu sculpture is described as “Vishnu stone head from Oc Eo culture, dated back 4,000-3,500 years.”
The Vishnu sculpture was officially presented during the 5th Quang Nam Heritage Festival which opened on June 21, 2013 in Hoi An City. The exhibition highlights many ancient objects dated from the Dong Son – Sa Huynh – Oc Eo eras of Vietnam’s ancient history.
Khmerization: Oc Eo or O'Keo (អូរកែវ), which means "precious canal or glass canal" in the Khmer language, is a Khmer ruined port situated on the Mekong Delta in An Giang (the former Khmer province of Moat Chrouk - "Pig's Mouth") province in southern Vietnam which existed from the 1st to the 7th century AD. So the artefacts found in Oc Eo (O'Keo) were Khmer artefacts.
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My comment on the website is waiting to be moderated. But are they joking?
http://www.indiadivine.org/news/history-and-culture/4000-year-old-vishnu-statue-discovered-in-vietnam-r766?st=0#comment_1778
Remarkable discovery.
But the facts are all wrong! How can the writter knows so much about Hinduism yet knows nothing about religion or history.
Why was there no mention of Cambodia or the Khmer people? The hindu statue may have been discovered in Vietnam, but the land itself belongs to the Khmer people.
It was the Khmer people and the Khmer culture that worshipped the Hindu gods in ancient time. There was no Vietnam untill recent years. The Vietnamese came from China in the last 200 years. The Khmer people and the Khmer culture worshipped the Hindu Gods, built great Hindu structures and even build one of the greated temple of all time the Angkor Wat, as a dedication to the Hindu Gods.
Please rewrite the article if you want to be taken seriously. This article is a joke. There are so much you dont know about the Khmer people. We have been victims to the Vietnamese and the Thai for so long, we deserve some merits.
A side note in case you may not know, 50 years ago, Southern Vietnam was called Southern Cambodia. Over 100 Years ago, Ho Chi Minh city was called Prey Nokor City, a City of Khmer Kings and Khmer people. The Vietnamese invaded Cambodia and stole many of the land and artifacts. Today, the Khmer people continues to be killed and oppressed of their religions and their culture.
Who ever heard of the Vietnamese once worshipped the Hindu gods? You have to be kidding me!
UN Kid.
Thanks for the above comment - being indian I did not known about the distinction you have brought out. I have been in awe of the ancient architecture and culture of the region - Vietnam , Cambodia , Indonesia - will read up more .... Thanks.
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