Activists gathered in Hanoi center to mark the 37th anniversary of the Chinese invasion of six northernmost provinces
Activists gathered in Hanoi center to mark the 37th anniversary of the Chinese invasion of six northernmost provinces
by Vu Quoc Ngu, Feb 17, 2016
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang on Feb 17 paid a tribute to the fallen soldiers who were killed by Chinese invaders in spring 1979, in the northernmost province of Cao Bang, state media has reported.
During his tour in the northernmost province, President Sang went to Tra Linh Cemetery in Tra Linh district, Cao Bang province to lay flowers to the fallen soldiers during the war against the People Liberation Army of China 37 years ago.
Sang, who will step down in July after not being re-elected to the Central Committee of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam in its 12th National Congress in late January, also paid tribute to fallen soldiers in the anti-China invasion during his visit to Lang Son on Feb 16.
He has been the first Vietnamese leader to make the move for many years as the communist leadership has ignored the brutal war in which tens of thousands of soldiers and civil citizens were killed by Chinese invaders.
Meanwhile, security forces in Ho Chi Minh City on Feb 17 barred a number of local social activists from gathering in the city’s center to mark the Chinese attack which occurred in the country’s six northernmost provinces in 1979. Plainclothes agents and militia also dispersed other anti-China activists who successfully came to the city’s monument, and smashed their flowers, according to social network. Some activists were attacked by thugs, they said.
Hundreds of social activists gathered in Hanoi’s center to mark the Chinese invasion without being disturbed by local security forces.
On Feb 17, 1979, China sent hundreds of thousands of soldier with heavy artilleries and tanks to invade six Vietnamese northernmost provinces of Vietnam. Chinese soldiers killed tens of thousands of Vietnamese soldiers and civil people, and destroyed all infrastructure there before withdrawing one month later.
The two countries exchanged fierce battles along their borderline until late 1980s when they agreed to cease fire.
The two communist nations normalized diplomatic ties in 1991 and ten years later, they elevated ties to strategic partnership. Hanoi and Beijing set up comprehensive strategic partnership in 2008.
The Vietnamese communists consider China as their biggest political ally, and have systematically ignored the Chinese brutality against the country.
The Chinese invasion was described very shortly in Vietnam’s school historic textbooks, making few young Vietnamese know about the war.
Vietnam’s communist government has imprisoned a number of anti-China activists, including prominent human rights defender Bui Thi Minh Hang.
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February 17, 2016
Vietnam President Pays Tribute to Fallen Soldiers Killed by China in 1979
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Activists gathered in Hanoi center to mark the 37th anniversary of the Chinese invasion of six northernmost provinces
Activists gathered in Hanoi center to mark the 37th anniversary of the Chinese invasion of six northernmost provinces
by Vu Quoc Ngu, Feb 17, 2016
Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang on Feb 17 paid a tribute to the fallen soldiers who were killed by Chinese invaders in spring 1979, in the northernmost province of Cao Bang, state media has reported.
During his tour in the northernmost province, President Sang went to Tra Linh Cemetery in Tra Linh district, Cao Bang province to lay flowers to the fallen soldiers during the war against the People Liberation Army of China 37 years ago.
Sang, who will step down in July after not being re-elected to the Central Committee of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam in its 12th National Congress in late January, also paid tribute to fallen soldiers in the anti-China invasion during his visit to Lang Son on Feb 16.
He has been the first Vietnamese leader to make the move for many years as the communist leadership has ignored the brutal war in which tens of thousands of soldiers and civil citizens were killed by Chinese invaders.
Meanwhile, security forces in Ho Chi Minh City on Feb 17 barred a number of local social activists from gathering in the city’s center to mark the Chinese attack which occurred in the country’s six northernmost provinces in 1979. Plainclothes agents and militia also dispersed other anti-China activists who successfully came to the city’s monument, and smashed their flowers, according to social network. Some activists were attacked by thugs, they said.
Hundreds of social activists gathered in Hanoi’s center to mark the Chinese invasion without being disturbed by local security forces.
On Feb 17, 1979, China sent hundreds of thousands of soldier with heavy artilleries and tanks to invade six Vietnamese northernmost provinces of Vietnam. Chinese soldiers killed tens of thousands of Vietnamese soldiers and civil people, and destroyed all infrastructure there before withdrawing one month later.
The two countries exchanged fierce battles along their borderline until late 1980s when they agreed to cease fire.
The two communist nations normalized diplomatic ties in 1991 and ten years later, they elevated ties to strategic partnership. Hanoi and Beijing set up comprehensive strategic partnership in 2008.
The Vietnamese communists consider China as their biggest political ally, and have systematically ignored the Chinese brutality against the country.
The Chinese invasion was described very shortly in Vietnam’s school historic textbooks, making few young Vietnamese know about the war.
Vietnam’s communist government has imprisoned a number of anti-China activists, including prominent human rights defender Bui Thi Minh Hang.