The group was scheduled to move to Uganda first then to Abyei.

It was the second deployment of the unit, with the first 28 members leaving Vietnam on May 3 and arriving in Abyei on May 5.

Vietnam sees off 156 sappers to UN peacekeeping mission in Abyei.

Established in 2014 and debuted in November 2021, the 184-member Engineering Unit Rotation 1 has been the biggest Vietnamese unit to join UN peacekeeping mission to date.

Since the end of March, more than 2,000 tonnes of equipment and goods serving the unit have been delivered to the mission in Abyei by sea.

Miss Peace Vietnam 2022 kicks off

The Miss Peace Vietnam 2022’s preliminary round is underway in all the three northern, central and southern regions of the country, lasting from April 4 to the end of July, heard at a press conference on the beauty contest held in the central city of Da Nang on April 4.

Vietnam willing to promote cooperation with UN on peacekeeping: Ambassador

Vietnam is ready to promote cooperation with the United Nations on peacekeeping missions, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) Nguyen Phuong Tra has said.

Vietnamese peacekeepers in South Sudan plant New Year tree

Vietnamese staff members of level-2 field hospital No. 3 in South Sudan have recently erected a “Neu” tree (New Year's tree) to kick off the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration.

Vietnamese author wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize

Nguyen Phan Que Mai's debut novel 'The Mountains Sing' has won the runner-up prize at the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in the U.S.

Source: NDO/VNA