Keyword: "UN peacekeeping mission in Abyei"

Lieutenant Colonel Hoang Quoc An was assigned as a logistics staff officer, Major Ngo Quoc Cuong as an operations staff officer, and Captain Pham Phu Hai as a military-civil coordination staff officer at the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). The three officers will depart on July 27, August 24 and August 17, 2025, respectively.

In Abyei, a region between Sudan and South Sudan known as Africa’s “furnace,” temperatures regularly soar to nearly 40°C. The land is dry, infertile, and difficult to cultivate. Yet, Vietnamese military engineers have managed to grow thriving vegetable gardens in the heart of this harsh desert.