Members of Engineering Unit Rotation 2 of Vietnam pose for a group photo before departing for UNISFA in August 2023. (File photo: VNA) The activitieshave helped enhance solidarity among the UN peacekeeping units at UNISFA as well as betweenthem and residents in the Abyei Area,according to the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations under the Ministryof National Defence.
Major Nguyen Mau Vu, Commissar of the Engineering Unit, saidthat celebrating major anniversaries and Tet is among important activities theunit has made plans on since they assumed duties at UNISFA. In particular, the recentofficial recognition of the Lunar New Year as a UN floating holiday holds great significancefor peacekeepers like them who often celebrate Tet far away from theirfamilies.
Tomark the Year of the Dragon 2024, Engineering Unit Rotation 2 has built detailedplans on each activity like making “chung” cakes – a signature dish of Tet, holdingroom decoration and cooking competitions, planting the “neu” pole – another symbolof Tet, and organising folk games.
The unit has also organised a volleyball exchange with residentsin Abyei, presented gifts to locals, and invitedthem to try traditional dishes of Vietnam.
The activities aim to help the “blue beret” soldiers celebrate amerrier New Year festival besides their comrades, support their spiritual life,and introduce the Vietnamese culture to locals, Vu said.
However,the entire unit hasn’t neglected their duties, including preparing plans toprotect security and safety for their base amid complex and unpredictabledevelopments in Abyei, the officer added.
On behalf of the unit, he wished Vietnamese people nationwideand abroad good health, joy, happiness, and good luck in the New Year./.
VNA
