It was her father's father, the same man who joined the NVA, later was tortured by the CPV for owning land, something Ho Chi Minh publicly apologized for in tears, was reinstated, and went right back to serving the revolution, dying in battle. He does not need any "forgiveness" or kudos from us, he did what we haven't and paid the ultimate price of his own accord so his people could be free

edit: look up the "rectification of errors" campaign for details on how mistakes had been made concerning land reform, and had to be massively overhauled in the late 50s