Australian Governor-General David Hurley praised the Vietnamese blue beret force’s contributions and stressed the meaning of the Vietnam-Australia cooperation in the UN's peacekeeping mission when he and President Vo Van Thuong visited the headquarters of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations in Hanoi on April 4.
Vietnam’s second sapper unit for United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations stepped out at a ceremony held by the Ministry of National Defence in Hanoi on December 27.
Vietnam is about to send four more officers to the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, and thorough preparations are being made to help them successfully perform duties.
The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on December 16 to present President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s decisions to send four military officers to the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, replacing four others who have finished their tenure.
Leaders of the Ministry of Public Security held a meeting in Hanoi on October 13 with three police officers who are going to join the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
Three months after their deployment to the African town of Abyei on the UN peacekeeping mission, Vietnam’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1 has achieved significant results in improving infrastructure and living conditions for local people.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked police officers assigned to United Nations peacekeeping missions to bring into full play their talents, strengths and creativity to fulfill their assigned tasks.
Vietnam’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1 has quickly set to work at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) immediately after all its 184 members fully assembled.
A ceremony took place on June 12 to bid farewell to the remaining 156 members of Vietnam’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1, as they left for peacekeeping duty at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).
Nearly 2,000 tonnes of equipment and supplies of Vietnam’s Military Engineer Unit No. 1, which is about to join the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), are being delivered to Hai Phong Port so as to be transported the mission by sea.
A delegation of the level-2 field hospital No.3 of Vietnam engaging in the UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan has paid a working visit to India’s level-2 field hospital in Malakal state to enhance exchange and cooperation in peacekeeping operations in the African country, according to the Ministry of National Defence’s Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
The Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, Nguyen Phuong Tra, has underscored the necessity for promoting negotiation and trust building efforts among relevant parties in Syria, with active assistance from the international community.
The UN Security Council on November 12 approved Resolution 2605 to extend the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) until November 15, 2022.
Deputy Defence Minister Hoang Xuan Chien, who is also head of the Ministry of National Defence's steering committee for the participation in UN peacekeeping operations, has recently inspected how members of military engineer unit No. 1 were preparing for UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Chairman of the National Council of National Defence-Security, attended a ceremony in Hanoi on October 18 to honour individuals and organisations who made outstanding contributions to the United Nations peacekeeping missions.
The Ministry of National Defence on August 17 handed over the President’s decision to assign Lieutenant Colonel Vu Thi Kim Oanh to the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
“Let us live in peace and love. Let us forget the last things”. These words are written on a blackboard at a school in Bentiu town in South Sudan. Just a few words, but they leave a strong impression. They reflect a desire to live in peace, with stability and development, by not only children but all people of South Sudan.
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