It was implemented in early 1962 and involved some forced relocation, village internment, and segregation of rural South Vietnamese into new communities where the peasantry would be isolated from Communist insurgents.
Program je započeo početkom 1962. godine, a uključivao je nekoliko prisilnih preseljenja i segregaciju ruralnih stanovnika Južnog Vijetnama u nove zajednice gdje bi seljaci bili izolirani od komunističkih pobuna.