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Vietnam is ramping up efforts to get its second level-2 field hospital ready for the United Nations’ peacekeeping activities in the near future.

A task force for Vietnam’s peace keeping missions had working sessions with UNMISS and visited Vietnamese officers at Bentiu base, South Sudan.

Officials and staff members of Vietnam’s level-two field hospital in South Sudan held a ceremony at the base in Bentiu of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on February 27 to mark the 64th Vietnam

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh on February 13 handed over the President’s decision to another officer to take on duty at the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) looks back at the ten most prominent events of Vietnam in 2018.

Vietnam’s participation in the UN’s peacekeeping mission is a breakthrough in implementing the Party’s consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation and development, stated Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh.

With 2018 drawing to a close, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) looks back at the ten most prominent events of Vietnam in the year.

The second level-2 field hospital, recently set up by the Ministry of National Defence, is considered a new landmark in Vietnam’s participation in the United Nations’ peacekeeping operations.

Staff of Vietnam’s level-2 field hospital No. 2 are currently under training in Hanoi to prepare to assume the tasks their peers of the hospital No. 1 are performing in the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh and Earl Howe - Minister of State for Defence of the UK co-chaired the first Vietnam-UK Defence Policy Dialogue in London on November 28.

A training course on field operation was opened for staff of Vietnam’s level-2 field hospital No.2 in the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations on November 26.

Deputy Minister of Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted a reception for Kamal Malhotra, Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative to Vietnam, in Hanoi on November 15.

Representatives from Vietnam’s level-2 field hospital in South Sudan attended a ceremony in Bentiu on October 24 to mark the 73rd United Nations Day, according to Quan Doi Nhan dan newspaper.

A ceremony was held at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 15 to see off the second group of VN's first Level-2 field hospital to the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

A ceremony was held at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on October 15 to see off the second group of Vietnam’s first Level-2 field hospital to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. ​

Vietnam and the US convened a defence policy dialogue in Hanoi on October 4, discussing measures to enhance the effectiveness of bilateral defence cooperation.

The first group of Vietnam field hospital with 32 members arrived at South Sudan on October 2 to carry out peacekeeping mission in the African country.

The Defence Ministry held a ceremony on October 1 at the Tan Son Nhat international airport to see off the first group of the nation’s level-2 field hospital to carry out peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

The first group of 30 Vietnamese military doctors will travel to South Sudan on October 1 to take over a field hospital run by the United Kingdom, whose personnel are about to withdraw.

The first group of Vietnam peacekeeping force with 30 members set off for South Sudan on October 1 for the nation’s first mission as an independent unit, which is to run a level-2 field hospital in the East Africa country.