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Vietnam requests RoK respect historical truth

In the spirit of a comprehensive strategic partnership, Vietnam asks the Republic of Korea (RoK) to take proper perception, respect the historical truth and encourage substantive and effective acts in order to deal with war consequences, the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s deputy spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said on March 9.
Vietnam requests RoK respect historical truth ảnh 1Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s deputy spokesperson Pham Thu Hang (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – In the spirit of acomprehensive strategic partnership, Vietnam asks the Republic of Korea (RoK)to take proper perception, respect the historical truth and encourage substantiveand effective acts in order to deal with war consequences, the VietnameseForeign Ministry’s deputy spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said on March 9.

Such moves are expected to contribute to consolidatingand strengthening the friendship and good cooperation between the two countriesand their peoples, she continued.

Hang made the statement while answering the query on Vietnam’sresponse to the information about the RoK government’s appealing a courtorder regarding the massacre in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam in1968, at the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi.

“We are very regretful that the RoK governmentappealed the court ruling. This has failed to reflect the objective fact of thematter,” she said.

Vietnam advocates shelving the past and looking towardthe future, but that does not mean denying the historical truth, the deputyspokesperson stressed.

Earlier, the Seoul Central District Court ordered thegovernment to provide some 30 million KRW (24,000 USD) in compensation toNguyen Thi Thanh, who lost her relatives in the massacre on 74 people carriedout by the second Marine Brigade of the RoK in Phong Nhat-Phong Nhi village,Dien An commune, Quang Nam province, in 1968.

The judgment marked the first time that a RoK courtacknowledged the state's responsibility to compensate the victims of the 1968 slaughter./.
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