Hanoi (VNA) - Theact of damaging the national flag of Vietnam is an insult to the feelings ofthe Vietnamese people and must be strongly condemned, said Vietnamese ForeignMinistry’s spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang.
She made the statement during the ministry’sregular press conference in Hanoi on August 3 in reply to reporters’question regarding Vietnam’s response to an incident on August 1 when a groupof Filipinos held a protest and tore down the Vietnamese flagin front of the Vietnamese Embassy in Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.
The red flag with a yellowstar in the centre is the sacred national flag of Vietnam, she said.
The spokesperson demanded that the Philippines handle theincident seriously, take effective measures to prevent such action which could affect the fine and growing strategic partnershipbetween the two countries, from recurring./.