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Vietnam peacekeeping agency urged to improve training quality

The Vietnam Peacekeeping Department needs to enhance research and improve training quality to prepare good personnel for the UN peacekeeping missions, firstly the deployment of the first level-2 field hospital in South Sudan this year.
Vietnam peacekeeping agency urged to improve training quality ảnh 1Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Tran Don speaks at the working session (Source: http://www.qdnd.vn/)

Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Peacekeeping Department needsto enhance research and improve training quality to prepare good personnel forthe UN peacekeeping missions, firstly the deployment of the first level-2 fieldhospital in South Sudan this year.

Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Tran Donmade the statement at a working session with representatives from the departmenton February 28.

The department was urged to continue promoting its role asan advisor to leaders of the Party and State, the Central Military Commission and theMinistry of National Defence on international cooperation in the peacekeepingfield.

Colonel Hoang Kim Phung, Director of theVietnam Peacekeeping Department, said that after three years of joining UNpeacekeeping operations, Vietnam has sent 20 officers to missions in the CentralAfrica Republic and South Sudan.

Vietnamese officers have performed well their tasks andappreciated by the UN, leaders of missions, and countries’ military officers, henoted.

The department is urgently preparing for the deployment of the level-2 fieldhospital No.1 in South Sudan, he said.

Phung added that his agency has worked with relevant units to give advice to the Central Military Commission and theDefence Ministry on expanding cooperation with foreign countries and internationalorganisations in peacekeeping-related affairs.-VNA
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