Maj. Gen. Hoang Kim Phung, Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VDPO), said the course will provide training for 28 officers, consisting of 13 from Vietnam and 15 others from 10 partner countries of the Military Training Cooperation Programme. Running until April 27, it will feature five lecturers from Canada and Sierra Leone, and two from Vietnam.

Participants in the opening ceremony of the training course pose for a photo.

At the opening ceremony, Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, who is also head of the Ministry of Defence’s steering board for Vietnam’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations, said that over the last seven decades, UN peacekeeping activities have proved their important role in recovering and maintaining peace, including rebuilding countries after conflicts.

In those operations, Canada has continually been one of the leading contributors, with over 125,000 military and police officers sent to UN missions. It has also been a key driver in proposing important initiatives that have won high consensus, said the deputy defence minister, thanking the Canadian government and Department of National Defence for creating conditions for the two sides to organise the UN logistics officers’ course.

Vinh also asked the VDPO to increase coordination with other countries, especially with Asian-Pacific nations and those who have cooperated with Vietnam, to hold more activities in the field of peacekeeping.

Meanwhile, Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Deborah Paul said ensuring logistics is critical to the success of UN peacekeeping missions, noting that through this training course, participants will acquire useful knowledge for their tasks in the future.

She also voiced her hope that the course co-organisation will serve as a basis for further training cooperation between the two countries in the future.

Another Vietnamese officer assigned peacekeeping duty in South Sudan

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh on February 13 handed over the President’s decision to another officer to take on duty at the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

 

Peacekeeping force affirms Vietnam’s position

Vietnam’s participation in the UN’s peacekeeping mission is a breakthrough in implementing the Party’s consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation and development, stated Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh.

 

UNDP pledges to help Vietnam in peacekeeping operations

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will continue to help Vietnam enhance its capacity for joining UN peace-keeping operations, said UN Resident Coordinator in Vietnam Kamal Malhotra. 

 

Two more officers assigned for peacekeeping mission in South Sudan

The Defence Ministry on November 20 handed over to two officers the President’s decision to assign them to take on duty at the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. 

 

Vietnamese doctors leave for South Sudan on first UN peacekeeping mission

Thirty Vietnamese army medical personnel left for South Sudan Monday morning aboard an Australian air force plane.

 

Source: VNA