Ba Chúc Explained

Ba Chúc
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Vietnam
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:An Giang
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Tri Tôn
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:20.56
Population As Of:2003
Population Total:13122
Population Density Km2:638
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone Link:Time in Vietnam
Timezone:Indochina Time
Utc Offset:+07:00

Ba Chúc is a town (thị trấn) of the Tri Tôn District of An Giang Province in Mekong Delta of Vietnam.

During the Vietnam War, the village came to the attention of American publics when it was revealed in The New York Times that civilians there had been forced by ARVN officers and their American advisers to remove landmines planted by Viet Cong and NVA units.[1]

In 1978 the village was the scene of the killing of an estimated 3,157 civilians by Khmer Rouge forces from neighbouring Cambodia in what became known as the Ba Chúc Massacre.[2]

Notes and references

10.5°N 158°W

Notes and References

  1. [Gloria Emerson]
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/07/opinion/07iht-edpringle_ed3_.html James Pringle, "MEANWHILE: When the Khmer Rouge came to kill in Vietnam," The New York Times, January 7, 2004.