[7] The newly established communist government in 1975 also did nothing to improve the rights of Montagnards, and even escalated the persecution of the Highlands tribes that began under Ngô Đình Diệm.

[11] On February 28, 2023, the People's Committee of this district carried out forced land reclamation and clearance to implement the project of the Hồ Chí Minh road bypass in the eastern part of Buôn Ma Thuột.

[13] In May 2023, a reporter from the Tiền Phong newspaper was threatened with death after publishing an exposé on illegal land exploitation and subsequently bringing attention to the construction site within this area.

[26] From June 3 to 6, Y Som (residing in Đắk Lắk province) is believed to be the leader who made phone calls urging people to cross the border and leave Vietnam.

[15] According to Tô Ân Xô, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, this group of individuals was instructed to "kill, rob properties, and seize firearms and ammunition" if they encounter local officials and police officers at the commune level.

[1][28] Y Thô Ayun, one of the individuals accused of leading the shooting incident, has admitted to "propagating and inciting" many residents in Đắk Lắk province.

In January 2024, Y Quynh Bđăp, the cofounder of the group Montagnards Stand for Justice, was convicted in absentia by a Vietnamese court on terrorism charges and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for allegedly organizing the attacks.

Bdap, who was seeking asylum in Canada, was arrested in Thailand in June, with a court in Bangkok approving his extradition in September despite concerns over his safety by human rights groups.

[32] In the afternoon, Minister of Public Security Tô Lâm decided to promote the ranks of the 4 police officers who died in the incident.

[33] On the morning of June 12, Deputy Prime Minister Trần Lưu Quang visited and inquired about the injured individuals and the families of those who died.

[35] Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Huỳnh Chiến Thắng, led a delegation from the Ministry of Defense to inspect the scene of the incident.

[40] On June 12, Phil Robertson, Deputy Director of the Asia Division at Human Rights Watch, stated: "Behind the veil of secrecy that Vietnam has cast over the highlands, the government has seriously violated rights, suppressed religious and belief freedoms, confiscated lands from indigenous peoples, and attempted to assimilate the cultural, linguistic, and social diversity of ethnic groups, particularly those dominated by the ethnic majority, the Kinh".

[42] United States ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper - representing the US Government - condemned the attack and proposed to cooperate with the Vietnamese side to find the perpetrators.

[44] Đắk Lắk attacks have some similarities to the Munich massacre, occurred in 1972, in which 11 Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer at the Olympic Village were killed by the Palestinian militant organisation Black September.