An embarrassing moment for Vietnam occurred this past Friday when a Chinese patriotic anthem was accidentally played during a televised meeting of the country's senior leaders.
Voice of America reports that officials including President Truong Tan Sang, and Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh. The politicians gathered at Vietnam's Ministry of Defense to view a patriotic concert.
However, according to reports, when Sang went up the podium to speak, the Chinese patriotic song “Ode to the Motherland,” began to play. The speech was televised nationally in Vietnam.
The video of the song playing has been deleted from Vietnam's official websites and TV programs, but has gone viral on Vietnamese social media.
Voice of America reported that Ha Kim Chi of the Vietnam Journalists Association stated that, “That mistake is not allowed to happen. The association of journalists will cooperate in joint meetings to manage our members.” Whether the mistake was unintentional or intentional, the country's national authorities will decide how to handle the situation.
The incident was an embarrassing one for Vietnam. Relations between Hanoi and Beijing have deteriorated in recent years due to sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea.
Source: ifeng.com
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