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Vietnam’s peacekeeping engineering unit launches first humanitarian work in Abyei

Vietnam’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1 at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has recently coordinated with Pakistani forces to organise its first humanitarian activity, focusing on medical examination, medicine, and gift-giving to locals in the Amiet Market, the 2nd most populated area in Abyei.
Vietnam’s peacekeeping engineering unit launches first humanitarian work in Abyei ảnh 1Vietnamese officers welcomes local residents coming for health checkups (Photo: qdnd.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has recently coordinatedwith Pakistani forces to organise its first humanitarian activity, focusing onmedical examination, medicine, and gift-giving to locals in the Amiet market,the 2nd most populated area in Abyei.

The Vietnamese unit was in charge of health check-up andmedicine provision for women and children, while the Pakistani forces took careof men.

Within about five hours, Vietnamese officers offered theirmedical services and presented gifts to 168 people, detecting many sufferingfrom chronic and infectious diseases. The gifts included daily living tools anditems such as toothbrushes, laundry soap, notebooks, ballpoint pens, instantnoodles, and clothes.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Quang Tuyen from the unit affirmedthat this humanitarian activity has strengthened the foreign diplomacy, expandedexchanges and cooperation with other units, and promoted the image of Vietnam'sblue beret force, creating favourable conditions for the team to continue tosuccessfully carry out their tasks in the area.

Vietnam’s peacekeeping engineering unit launches first humanitarian work in Abyei ảnh 2A Vietnamese officier presents a gift to a resident as part of the event (Photo: qdnd.vn)
According to Tuyen, since its deployment at UNISFA, the unithas been organising the repair and maintenance of an arterial road with alength of more than 50km passing through the Amiet market and regularly rescuingbogged trucks. In the past month, the unit has organised the rescue of six UNvehicles and local people./.
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