Joint peacekeeping exercise boosts Vietnam-India defence links
VOV.VN - The fourth joint peacekeeping exercise between the nation and India (VINBAX 2023) is taking place from December 11 to December 21 in Hanoi, with the event contributing to augmenting the friendship and sound defence co-operation under the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two nations.
The field exercise involves engineering and military medical forces, with the ultimate aim of enhancing the co-ordination capacity of the forces while performing UN peacekeeping activities.
The forces will strive to co-ordinate to handle simulated circumstances, including aero-medical evacuation situations.
On December 18, high-ranking defence delegations of both sides watched several activities of the exercise at the site.
Colonel Pham Manh Thang, director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VDPO) and deputy head of the exercise steering committee, thanked the Indian Ambassador to Vietnam, the Defence Attaché, and the UN peacekeeping force of India for supporting the Vietnamese side during the nation’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations. They also received thanks for closely co-ordinating with the Vietnamese side in organising the VINBAX 2023.
After nearly 10 years of joining UN peacekeeping operations, the country has dispatched 786 officers to perform duties at various UN missions.
Over the years, Vietnam has received effective support from international partners, including India, one of the countries sending the highest number of officers to UN peacekeeping missions.
