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National Program of Reform Through Labor
Can Tho PW Camp barracks, November 1968.jpg
Rồng Xanh Labor Camp
LocationNainan
Date1959-1990
TargetPolitical opponents, ethnic minorities, religious minorities, foreigners, women
Attack type
Ethnic cleansing, politicide, genocide, forced labor, forced education, forced relocation, religious persecution, forced prostitution
Deaths200,000-1,200,000
PerpetratorsPeople's Army of Solidary and Longevity, Van Dieu, Ministry of Public Security
MotiveModernisation, internal stability, and re-education

The National Program of Reform Through Labor (章程改革國家樁戈勞動; Chương trình Cải cách Quốc gia Thông qua Lao động), shortened as the Cailao (革勞), was a three-decade program of modernization, penal punishment, and re-education in Nainan started during the Nainese Civil War and ending in 1990 as a part of political reform. It was made for the purpose of modernizing the country and reforming political dissidents through labor camps and re-education. It would use means of forced labor, genocide, politicide, religious persecution, forced relocation, and forced prostitution. It targeted groups like political groups such as socialists, liberals, monarchists, and reformists. It also targeted minority groups such as the Nyaram, Danok, Ryo, and Makhao Kasi. It targeted religious minorities such as Sotirians, Irfan, and new religious movements. It would create camps such as labor camps, re-education camps, and pleasure camps. By the end of the program in 1990 the country had economically rose in status in Coius, however estimates of up to one million died due to the program. It is considered a genocide in many states around the world, while in Nainan it is considered to be a successful campaign.

Background

Civil War

Nationalist forces during the Nainese Civil War

Nainan was ruled for nearly a century by Werania, it was apart of the High Commissariat of the Coral Sea, it would be industrialized somewhat, and much of it's resources were sent out of the country during colonial rule. The Kingdom of Nainan would gain independence peacefull in 1953, Werania would still have much political and economic influence on the country, with companies and advisors remaining. The Nainan People's Solidarity and Longevity was founded in 1955 by Hoàng Viện Trai, with the goal of further separating themselves from Weranian influence. Socialist movements apart of the Nainese Section of the Workers' International were gaining popularity as well as the NPSL, in 1956 the Nainese Civil War broke out, the monarchy was overthrown and the country left between the nationalists of the NPSL and socialists of the NSWI. Both factions had already begun plans to modernize Nainan after their victory, and during the war in both the Harmonious Republic and People's Republic were public housing built.

The war was mostly a stalemate until around 1961, but during the stalemate the NPSL began their program to modernize the country and re-education political prisoners. General Nguyễn Minh Trí was the chief proponant of this plan which would begin to used in POW camps for socialist forces captured by the nationalists.

POW camps

Captured socialist militia, 1958

The nationalist forces would begin to use POW as sites for testing future plans for modernization and penal systems. During the war many socialists were captured, especially towards the end of the war. Many were executed during the war.

POW camps would become used for forced labor, as part of a promise for prisoners to be used in exchanges, they had to built entire camps themselves to get that opportunity. The camps would also be used for the begin of re-education programs, with the goal of enforcement the ideology of Tự Ý Chí. Nguyễn Minh Trí would say that "prisoners are war are toughened, they are able to withstand much. To test what we plan for the future of Nainan this war has given us an opportunity."

Early campaign

Labor camps

Re-education camps

Relocation

Height of campaign

Construction

Religious persecution

Forced prostitution

Later campaign

Aftermath