Vietnam deploys peacekeepers to serve in South Sudan

The Ministry of Defence on November 19 held a ceremony to send 29 staff of Vietnam’s Level-2 Field Hospital No. 2 to South Sudan to join UN peacekeeping mission.
Vietnam deploys peacekeepers to serve in South Sudan ảnh 129 staff of Vietnam’s Level-2 Field Hospital No. 2 leave for South Sudan to join UN peacekeeping mission, November 19 (Photo: VNA)
Vietnam deploys peacekeepers to serve in South Sudan ảnh 2The first batch of the staff of the hospital to South Sudan are transported on a C-17A Globemaster III (Photo: VNA)
Vietnam deploys peacekeepers to serve in South Sudan ảnh 3C-17A Globemaster III is the biggest aircraft that Australia sent to Vietnam to help transport the peacekeepers (Photo: VNA)
Vietnam deploys peacekeepers to serve in South Sudan ảnh 4C-17A Globemaster III is the biggest aircraft that Australia sent to Vietnam to help transport the peacekeepers (Photo: VNA)
Vietnam deploys peacekeepers to serve in South Sudan ảnh 5The rest of the 63 members of Vietnam’s Level-2 Field Hospital No. 2 will fly to South Sudan on November 26, along with 60 tonnes of supplies and equipment of the hospital. In the photo: The first batch of the staff of the hospital leave for South Sudan (Photo: VNA)
Vietnam deploys peacekeepers to serve in South Sudan ảnh 6Rear Admiral Nguyen Trong Binh (L), Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, bids farewell to soldiers who will leave for South Sudan (Photo: VNA)
Vietnam deploys peacekeepers to serve in South Sudan ảnh 7 Captain Nguyen Van Quynh bids farewell to his relatives at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi before leaving for mission in South Sudan (Photo: VNA)
Vietnam deploys peacekeepers to serve in South Sudan ảnh 8Officers and soldiers of the hospital will accomplish their mission of ensuring health care for UN peacekeepers in South Sudan (Photo: VNA)
Vietnam deploys peacekeepers to serve in South Sudan ảnh 9They will also join defence foreign affairs and serve as medical care-givers to locals (Photo: VNA)
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