Vietnam deploys seven more officers for UN peacekeeping operations

ABO/NDO – The Ministry of Defence (MOD) on June 28 presented the State President’s decisions and assigned tasks to its seven officers who will be sent to South Sudan and the Central African Republic for the United Nations peacekeeping mission.

Deputy Defence Minister, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, presents the State President's decisions to the seven officers. (Photo: VNA)

The officers, who are set to depart in late June and early July, include Lieut. Col. Hoang Trung Kien, Lieut. Col. Nguyen Thi Lien, Lieut. Col. Luong Truong Vinh, Maj. Nguyen Duc Thang, Maj. Trinh Van Cuong, Captain Le Hong Quan, and Captain Tran Thanh Son.

They will work as staff officers for operations, training, intelligence analysis and equipment, and military observers at delegations to South Sudan and the Central African Republic.

Addressing the event, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of Defence and head of the MOD’s steering committee for Vietnam’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations, encouraged the deployed officers to overcome difficulties and perform the assigned tasks to the highest stand possible, while upholding the national traditions in the process of implementing duties and promoting the image of “Uncle Ho’s soldiers” to international friends.

On behalf of the seven officers, Lieut. Col. Luong Truong Vinh expressed his great pride in receiving the President’s decision and affirmed their readiness to take over the UN peacekeeping missions with their strongest determination.

He asserted that all the seven officers would always strictly obey the discipline of the Vietnam People’s Army and the UN’s regulations, consciously preserve and promote the image of “Uncle Ho’s soldiers” in the international working environment, and help each other to completely fulfill the assigned duties, contributing to effectively performing the tasks in an important phase of the project on Vietnam participating in the UN peacekeeping operations during 2015-2020 and the following years.

(Source: NDO)