Vietnam's contributions to UN peace-keeping mission
(VOV) -Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh described Vietnam's engagement in UN peace-keeping operations as the goal of the Vietnamese Party and State aiming to promote the country’s foreign policy of multilateralisation and diversification of relations.
He was speaking at a meeting in Hanoi on December 29 reviewing Vietnam’s contributions to UN peace-keeping activities in 2015 and examine ways to prepare forces for the mission in the time ahead.
He praised agencies under the Ministry of National Defence and the General Staff for fulfilling their assigned tasks regarding preparations for and deployment of peace-keeping forces.
The Deputy Minister lauded the two Vietnamese officers’ participation in UN peace-keeping mission in South Sudan and Central Africa, which illustrates Vietnam’s efforts in maintaining stability in “hot spots” across the world.
The Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre is scheduled to make public the second-level field hospital and a company of engineers in the first quarter of 2016. The centre will continue to train peace-keeping forces in line with the UN standards and stands ready to join UN peace-keeping mission.
More English classes will be planned for Vietnamese soldiers under cooperation programmes with foreign partners, he noted.
He praised agencies under the Ministry of National Defence and the General Staff for fulfilling their assigned tasks regarding preparations for and deployment of peace-keeping forces.
The Deputy Minister lauded the two Vietnamese officers’ participation in UN peace-keeping mission in South Sudan and Central Africa, which illustrates Vietnam’s efforts in maintaining stability in “hot spots” across the world.
The Vietnam Peacekeeping Centre is scheduled to make public the second-level field hospital and a company of engineers in the first quarter of 2016. The centre will continue to train peace-keeping forces in line with the UN standards and stands ready to join UN peace-keeping mission.
More English classes will be planned for Vietnamese soldiers under cooperation programmes with foreign partners, he noted.