Vietnamese Deputy Defense Minister Suspected of Sexual Assault on South Korean Women, 8 Days Later, South Korea Protested and Condemned

South Korea's Ministry of National Defense broke a big news: Vietnamese Deputy Defense Minister General Huang Chunzhan sexually assaulted a female civil servant of South Korea's Ministry of National Defense at a dinner hosted by South Korea's Ministry of National Defense during his three-month visit to South Korea.

According to the Korean Army's October 20 news, Vietnam's Deputy Defense Ministry Deputy Secretary Huang Jianqiang was exposed to the sexual assault of South Korean civil servants during his visit to Korea, and the South Korean Defense Ministry summoned Vietnamese military officials in Korea to protest.

Huang Chunzhan visited South Korea in September to attend the 2025 Seoul Security Dialogue (SDD), and made improper physical contact with female civil servants of the South Korean Ministry of National Defense at a dinner held on September 11.

The Ministry of Defense of South Korea believed that the situation was serious and summoned Vietnamese embassy officials in South Korea eight days after the incident and filed a protest.The Ministry of Defense of South Korea condemned the actions of Vietnamese Deputy Defense Minister Yuan Chang and asked Vietnam to take measures to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

A relevant person from the South Korean Ministry of Defense said that necessary measures were taken in accordance with principles and that details would not be disclosed in accordance with the wishes of the victims.

Yonhap's report on the incident was titled "Vietnam's Deputy Defense Minister Protests Against Sexual Assault on South Korea during His Visit to South Korea," using the word sexual assault to illustrate the seriousness of the incident.

Secondly, Yonhap News Agency said in the report that this was the news released by the South Korean military, indicating that it was true that Vietnamese Deputy Defense Minister Huang Chunzhan sexually assaulted South Korean female soldiers during his visit to South Korea. Otherwise, if the news released by the South Korean Ministry of National Defense was false, it would definitely have a great negative impact on the Vietnamese-speaking Korean countries and armed forces.

The South Korean Ministry of National Defense held the 2025 Seoul Security Dialogue (SDD) at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul from September 9 to September 11. More than 1000 representatives from the security field from 68 countries attended the meeting, including five defense ministers and eight deputy defense ministers attended the meeting, including Japanese Defense Minister Moto Nakagani, Philippine Defense Minister Teodoro, and Vietnam Deputy Defense Minister Hwang Chun Chan.

On the evening of September 11th, South Korea's Ministry of National Defense held a dinner at Lotte Hotel in Seoul to host more than 1,000 delegates from 68 countries. According to the information disclosed by South Korea's Ministry of National Defense, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defense General Huang Chunzhan sexually assaulted a female civil servant of South Korea's Ministry of National Defense at the dinner. Such a thing happened, which made people drop their chin!

Born on April 12, 1961, Zhengzhou Province, Vietnam, PhD in Law, advanced level of political theory, in July 2020 as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam, in October 2020 promoted General, current member of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Communist Party, member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam.

In other words, General Huang Chunzhan has great power and high status in both the Vietnamese army and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

On September 12, the visit of Yuan Sheng will end, left South Korea, returned to Vietnam, and was not able to return to Vietnam because of the sexual assault of the Korean Ministry of Defense female soldiers.

This is why?

Because he enjoys diplomatic immunity, South Korea cannot hold him criminally responsible.

Surprisingly, it was only eight days later that the South Korean Ministry of Defense summoned officials from the Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea to protest and condemn the actions of Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Defense, Huang Chun.

Per, it was the South Korean Ministry of Defense for the face;, it was South Korea to sell the South Korean K9 self-granate cannon to Vietnam, at the beginning with the air swallowed, and later, feeling that it was impossible to give up dignity for the face or want to export weapons to Vietnam, only eight days later called the Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea to protest, condemned the Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Defense, and demanded that the Vietnamese side take measures to prevent similar events from happening again.

In addition, what is puzzling is that one month after the South Korean Ministry of National Defense lodged a protest and condemnation to Vietnam on September 19, it disclosed to the South Korean media that Vietnam Deputy Defense Minister Hwang Chun Chan sexually assaulted a South Korean female soldier. Why?

Perhaps the South Korean Ministry of Defense and the Vietnam Ministry of Defense privately conducted dialogue and negotiations on this matter, but the results of the dialogue and negotiations made South Korea very dissatisfied. Therefore, the South Korean Ministry of Defense made the matter public, causing Vietnam Deputy Defense Minister General Hwang Xuan Thang, the Vietnam Ministry of Defense, and the Vietnam government to lose face, and counterattack against Vietnam.