Vietnam speaks out on US documentary TV series 'The Vietnam War'
Vietnam's foreign ministry on September 21 reaffirmed the just nature of the country's resistance war against the US, following the release of an American documentary TV series on the war.
“The Vietnamese people's resistance war against America was a just resistance war that had promoted the solidarity and strength of the whole nation, and was supported by friends and people around the world,” foreign ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said in a statement posted on the government's official Facebook page.
“That is why we achieved the final victory with the reunification of our nation.”
Hang stressed that the recent positive developments in the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership have resulted from great efforts by both countries and Vietnam's policy of putting the past aside, overcoming differences, promoting similarities and looking to the future.
“I personally hope the American people and the filmmakers understand the legitimacy of the resistance war as well as Vietnam's goodwill,” the spokesperson said.
“The Vietnam War” is an 18-hour documentary TV series by American filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about the titular war. The 10-part series, which took over a decade to make, is being screened on U.S. public TV every weekday night, with the first episode airing last September 17.