Vietnam’s military unit joins UN peacekeeping activities

Deputy Defence Minister Hoang Xuan Chien, who is also head of the Ministry of National Defence's steering committee for the participation in UN peacekeeping operations, has recently inspected how members of military engineer unit No. 1 were preparing for UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

A working group from the Ministry of Defence examine engineer unit No. 1’s equipment at 88B warehouse of the Army Corp of Engineers. (Photo: qdnd.vn)

The engineers operate their equipment at the training ground. (Photo: qdnd.vn)

A working group from the Ministry of Defence inspect the unit’s equipment operation capacity. (Photo: qdnd.vn)

Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien orders the unit to make preparation for the UN’s upcoming capacity examination. (Photo: qdnd.vn)

Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien examines a training course with foreign experts. (Photo: qdnd.vn)

An engineer operates the unit’s equipment. (Photo: qdnd.vn)

Several pieces of equipment of the engineer unit No. 1 to be sent to the UN peacekeeping mission. (Photo: qdnd.vn)

VNA