Vietnam prepares to deploy Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 6 to South Sudan
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) Lieut. Gen. Pham Truong Son chaired a conference in Hanoi on September 18 to transfer the management of Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 6 from the Military Medical Academy to the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
Staff of Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 6 and Engineering Unit Rotation 3 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) Lieut. Gen. Pham Truong Son chaired a conference in Hanoi on September 18 to transfer the management of Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 6 f✃rom the Military Medical Academy to the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
Since April 2024, the academy, in coordination with the Ministry of National Defence’s relevant agencies, took over the management of personnel from Field Hospital Rotation 6. It has led training in health care, politics, military skills, logistics and technical support, and English language proficiency for the hospital's staff. With all preparations now completed, the hospital is set to depart to replace Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 5 in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on September 24.
To date, the VPA has successfully deployed five rotations of Level-2 Field Hospitals to UN peacekeeping operations in South Sudan.
On September 24, a contingent of 63 staff members of the Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 6 will depart from Noi Bai Airport aboard a C-17 aircraft provided by Australia. Its goods and equipment will be transported both by air on the same C-17 plane and by sea, with sea transport scheduled for the fourth quarter.
Meanwhile, the Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 5 is expected to return home in two phases. The first phase will see 51 officers arriving at Tan Son Nhat Airport on a C-17 aircraft on September 28. The second phase will involve 12 officers returning home on October 10 via a commercial flight sponsored by Australia./.
The Engineering Unit Rotation 3 and the Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 6 paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi, and to fallen soldiers at the Heroic Martyrs' Monument in the capital city on September 18 before they head for UN peacekeeping missions.
The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations has coordinated with other relevant units of the Ministry of National Defence in preparation for the send-off ceremony for Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 6 and Engineering Unit Rotation 3 to UN peacekeeping missions, said its Director Major General Pham Manh Thang on September 16.
Vietnam supports every effort in helping United Nations peacekeeping operations become more effective and adaptive, said Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN.
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Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
The Party and State of Vietnam always attach great importance to and give top priority to the development of Vietnam–China relations. Vietnam is ready to work with the Chinese Party and State to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and promote the building of the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
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