Vietnam’s peacekeeping force ready to receive tasks in South Sudan
Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh on September 29 assigned tasks to military doctors of Vietnam’s first level-2 field hospital who will travel to South Sudan on October 1 to undertake the UN’s peacekeeping mission.
HCM City (VNA) – Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut.Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh on September 29 assigned tasks to military doctors ofVietnam’s first level-2 field hospital who will travel to South Sudan onOctober 1 to undertake the UN’s peacekeeping mission.
Vinh, who is head of the DefenceMinistry’s steering committee for the participation in UN peacekeeping mission,asked the hospital staff to strictly follow the Party, State and Army’s foreignpolicy, as well as regulations of the UN and the Mission, and laws of Vietnamand the host country.
Vietnam’s engagement in the UN’speacekeeping activities is a breakthrough to consistently implement the Party’sforeign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation anddevelopment.
It also marks a change in bothquality and quantity in multilateral cooperation in general and in defence andsecurity in particular, while demonstrating the Vietnam People’s Army’s role inthe country’s revolutionary cause and in implementing international duties.
This is the first time Vietnamhas sent military doctors to participate in the UN’s peacekeeping force. Thesee-off ceremony will be organised on October 1 at Ho Chi Minh City-based TanSon Nhat International Airport.
The military doctors, most ofwhom are from Military Hospital 175, will travel to South Sudan, along withmedical equipment, to take over a field hospital of the United Kingdoms whosepersonnel are about to withdraw.-VNA
Vietnam’s first level-2 field hospital will leave for its mission in South Sudan shortly, marking a big stride forward of the Vietnamese blue-beret force while affirming the Government’s policy to boost intensive and extensive international integration.
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The selection of Vietnam as a training site for UN peacekeeping forces in ASEAN demonstrates the UN’s high evaluation for Vietnam’s activeness and capacity to contribute to UN peacekeeping activities, said a military officer.
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Field hospital's military doctors (Source: VNA) 
