Outraged Vietnamese volunteer to fight NATO HANOI - Vietnamese outraged over NATO's campaign against Yugoslavia have been offering to fight in support of President Slobodan Milosevic, Vietnam's foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday. Phan Thuy Thanh, director of the ministry's press and information department, said Vietnamese people's indignation over NATO's involvement in Kosovo had been fueled by a sense of common suffering. ``This... occured in Vietnam recently as (we) were a victim of inhumane wars of invasion,'' she told Reuters in response to questions, adding that more than anyone the Vietnamese people were furious over what were seen as unjust actions. ``Many Vietnamese people, including war veterans, have sent letters to Vietnamese offices to express those feelings,'' Thanh said. ``There are also people that expressed their desire to voluntarily go and join the fight on the side of Yugoslavia.'' She did not elaborate or say whether Vietnamese people would be permitted to travel to Belgrade to join the Yugoslav army. Since the NATO Kosovo bombing campaign began on March 24 Vietnam has repeatedly stressed its support for Milosevic and slammed the Western military alliance for illegal interference in Yugoslavia's sovereign affairs. Coverage of the conflict in communist-ruled Vietnam's official media has been intense, but there has been no mention of Milosevic's ethnically motivated policies and alleged abuses in Kosovo. According to media, the United States caused the problem as it strove to exert greater influence over Europe and boost its international arms sales. The Communist Party mouthpiece Nhan Dan (People), in a commentary published on Thursday, lashed out at President Clinton and accused him of wanting to use force to rule the world. Hanoi has also strongly condemned last week's decision by the U.N. war crimes tribunal to indict Milosevic and four other Serb leaders for crimes against humanity. Reuters - June 3, 1999.