The Vietnamese government has vowed to punish anyone inciting further unrest in the Central Highlands.

The move comes one month after security forces broke up protests by ethnic minority Protestants ,

Hanoi blames the US-based exile group, the Montagnard Foundation for organizing the protests.

In a speech to the opening session of Vietnam's National Assembly, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for authorities to combat plots and hostile forces among the Montagnard.