Ba Chúc

Basic data

Country:

Vietnam

Region :

Mekong Delta

Province :

To Giang

ISO 3166-2: VN :

VN-44

Coordinates :

10 ° 30 ′ N , 104 ° 54 ′ E Coordinates: 10 ° 30 ′ N , 104 ° 54 ′ E

Height :

15 m

Further information

Time zone :

UTC +7: 00

A pagoda in Ba Chúc

Ba Chúc is a municipality in An Giang Province in Vietnam . The place gained fame during the Vietnam War. The New York Times revealed on January 10, 1971 that civilians were being forced by ARVN officers and American military advisors to clear land mines laid by Viet Cong units and the Vietnamese People's Army .

The place was also the site of a gruesome massacre by the Khmer Rouge in 1978 . The guerrilla movement from neighboring Cambodia murdered 3,157 civilians in the Ba Chúc massacre ; only two survived the massacre.

Individual evidence

↑ Gloria Emerson, "Villagers Say Saigon Perils Their Lives," The New York Times, Jan. 10, 1971, p. 1
↑ James Pringle, "MEANWHILE: When the Khmer Rouge Came to Kill in Vietnam," The New York Times, Jan. 7, 2004

[1] Gloria Emerson, "Villagers Say Saigon Perils Their Lives," The New York Times, Jan. 10, 1971, p. 1

[2] James Pringle, "MEANWHILE: When the Khmer Rouge Came to Kill in Vietnam," The New York Times, Jan. 7, 2004