Vietnam’s peacekeeping force has worked to enhance the country’s position in promoting the implementation of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including maintaining sustainable peace around the world, Major General Hoang Kim Phung, Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations, has said.

The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations opened a training course for UN staff officers with the support of the US’s Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) on April 14.

VOV.VN - A send-off ceremony was held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 24 by the Ministry of National Defence for 33 Vietnamese officers and soldiers who will take on a UN peace keeping mission at the level-2 field hospital No.3 in South Sudan.

The Defence Ministry held a ceremony on March 23 in Ho Chi Minh City to send off the staff of the third Level-2 Field Hospital, who will participate in the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

Deputy Minister of Defence, Sen. Lieut. Gen Nguyen Chi Vinh, has expressed a hope that Vietnam will continue to send peacekeeping forces to more areas and plant more Vietnamese flags on the world peacekeeping map.

Vietnam will continue to seek measures to enhance the efficiency of and expand the areas of engagement in UN peacekeeping operations, heard a conference held by the Ministry of National Defence in Hanoi on January 7 to review Vietnam’s involvement in the operations in the 2012-2020 period.

VOV.VN - Staff working at Vietnam's Level-2 field Hospital No. 3 are currently attending a training course to prepare for their participation in the UN’s peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the UN, has expressed his appreciation for the encouraging developments taking place in South Sudan this year, despite the young East African country facing numerous difficulties due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19), floods, and food shortages.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Indonesia have underscored the importance of reinforcing friendship and co-operation between countries to address the root cause of instability during a recent virtual meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to discuss the regional situation of Central Africa and the activities of the UN Regional Office (UNOCA).

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN, has underscored the enhanced role and significant contribution of UN police to the maintenance of peace and response to COVID-19 in countries.