Vietnam has so far sent 30 officers and a field hospital, to participate in the UN’s peacekeeping force. In the future, the country will send more officers, another field hospital to join the mission.
The second group of Vietnamese military medical officers undertaking the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan was seen off at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on October 15.
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 always attaches importance to the defence ties with India, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Sen. Lieut. Gen Pham Hong Huong has affirmed.
The selection of Vietnam as a training site for UN peacekeeping forces in ASEAN demonstrates the UN’s high evaluation for Vietnam’s activeness and capacity to contribute to UN peacekeeping activities, said a military officer.
The Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre has coordinated with Military Hospital 175 and partners from Australia and the US to open a training course on first aid for officers and nurses at the second-level field hospital.
Vietnam has been actively participating in the United Nations (UN)’ peacekeeping operations and a responsible member of the international community, said Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN.
Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh had meeting with UN Deputy Secretary General and Head of the DPKO Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Director of the UNMAS Agnes Marcaillou in New York, on October 13.
Deputy Defence Minister, Sen. Lieut. Gen Nguyen Chi Vinh affirmed Vietnam’s political determination to join the United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Mission at a reception in Hanoi on June 27.
A training course was held in Hanoi on March 29 to equipped officers who are going to join UN peacekeeping missions in 2017 with skills to handle bombs, mines and explosive materials.
Vietnamese peacekeeping lecturers were equipped with basic knowledge about peacekeeping operations during the two-week UN Capacity-Building Pre-Deployment Training Course in English.
Vietnamese female officers are ready to join in UN international peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and Central African Republic as proposed by the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
Five Vietnamese officers will be sent to the Central African Republic and South Sudan to perform UN peacekeeping missions under a decision by the President.
Joining in UN peace-keeping operations is the major guideline of the Vietnamese Party and State that aims to actualise the country’s foreign policy of multilateralisation of relations.
A defence ministry delegation from the Republic of Korea (RoK) shared peacekeeping experience during talks with experts and officers from the Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre in Hanoi on December 7.
Cooperation in the UN peacekeeping has become a significant part in the collaborative ties between Vietnam and China’s national defence ministries and armies, heard a workshop in Hanoi on December 1.
Vietnamese and Chinese defence officials discussed professional knowledge about and China’s experience in joining United Nations peacekeeping missions at talks in Hanoi on November 30.
France stands ready to share its experience with Vietnam in UN peacekeeping operations and will do its utmost to help the country engage in the mission as best as possible.
Vietnam is working on a plan to send a sapper company and a
second-level field hospital to South Sudan in the time ahead as part of
its effort to perform UN peacekeeping missions.
Videos
