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Vietnamese police officers honoured by UNMISS

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on October 4 presented UN peacekeeping orders to three officers from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security who are participating in the UN peacekeeping mission in the African country.
Vietnamese police officers honoured by UNMISS ảnh 1UN Police Chief of Staff for UNMISS Murat Isik (L) presents the UN peacekeeping order to Colonel Le Quoc Huy (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The United Nations Mission inSouth Sudan (UNMISS) on October 4 presented UN peacekeeping orders to three officers from the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security who are participating in the UN peacekeeping mission in the African country.

The honoured officers are Colonel Le Quoc Huy, Senior LieutenantColonel Vu Viet Hung and Lieutenant Colonel Luong Thi Tra Vinh, who have shownoutstanding performance in UN peacekeeping operations.

Addressing the event, UN Police Chief ofStaff for UNMISS Murat Isik acknowledged and highly evaluated the contributions the Vietnamese police officers havemade to activities of the mission, affirming that they have always shown professionalism,good discipline, high efficiency and high sense of responsibility.

He proposed the Vietnamese Ministry of PublicSecurity send more officers to UNMISS in the coming time.

Vietnamese police officers honoured by UNMISS ảnh 2UN Police Chief of Staff for UNMISS Murat Isik (middle) and police officers at UNMISS (Photo: VNA)
Vietnamese Ambassador to Egypt and South Sudan Nguyen HuyDung recognised the outstanding performance of the three peacekeepers who are the first officers sent by the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security to UNMISS. Alongwith performing their international mission, they have acted as “cultural ambassadors”to promote the culture and image of the people and a peace-loving, humane andresponsible Vietnam to international friends, he said.

The diplomat said he hoped the officers will continue towork hard and overcome difficulties to complete their tasks.

The Ministry of Public Security’s working group was deployed to UNMISS in October 2022.

On August 12, 2023, President Vo Van Thuong signed adecision to send three other police officers to perform UN peacekeeping missionat UNMISS. So far, Vietnam has deployed seven police officers to UNpeacekeeping operations, including six to UNMISS and one to the UNheadquarters./.          
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