This posed a serious as vast number of temples had been damaged or destroyed during the Indochina wars, and these temples and functioned as the center of traditional Khmer village life and culture. Other restrictions included an age limit for ordination into the priesthood and government controls over monetary donations given to the religious institutions by the public. Such actions are readily identifiable as a sophisticated campaign to decentralize, fractionalize and reduce the influence of Theravada Buddhism on the Khmer-Krom in Vietnam