Vietnam condemns act of damaging national flag of Vietnam in Philippines: Spokesperson
WVR/VNA - The act of damaging the national flag of Vietnam is an insult to the feelings of the Vietnamese people and must be strongly condemned, said Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang at the Ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi on August 3, 2023.
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| Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang at the Ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi on August 3, 2023. (Photo: WVR/Minh Quan) |
Answering to reporters’ question regarding Vietnam’s response to an incident on August 1 when a group of Filipinos held a protest and tore down the Vietnamese flag in front of the Vietnamese Embassy in Manila, Spokesperson Hang said the red flag with a yellow star in the centre is the sacred national flag of Vietnam. The act of damaging the national flag of Vietnam is an insult to the feelings of the Vietnamese people and must be strongly condemned, she stated.
Vietnam demanded that the Philippines handle the incident seriously, take effective measures to prevent such action which could affect the fine and growing strategic partnership between the two countries, from recurring, said the Spokesperson.
(Source: WVR/VNA)
