Lieutenant Colonel Vu Van Hiep speaks at the announcement ceremony (photo: VNA).

The announcement ceremony was held by the Ministry of Defence, under the chair of Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, in Hanoi.

Deputy Minister of Defence Nguyen Chi Vinh asked the seven officers to seriously obey the foreign policies of the Party, State, and Army of Vietnam, as well as the disciplines of the UN missions and the laws of the host countries.

Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh expressed his hope that the seven officers would become a bridge between Vietnam and the UN peacekeeping missions in service of dealing with issues in the field, as Vietnam's first level-2 field hospital is going to join the UN peacekeeping force in South Sudan in late June.

Vietnamese officers join the United Nations peacekeeping activities in the Central African Republic and South Sudan.

He also asked the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department to continue to strengthen its selection and preparations for the next qualified officers to join the UN peacekeeping force in the near future.

The seven officers to join the UN peacekeeping missions in 2018 include Lieutenant Colonel Vu Van Hiep and Major Ly Thanh Tam, who will perform their duties in South Sudan; and five officers who will carry out their duties in the Central African Republic, namely Major Nguyen Duy Quang, Lieutenant Colonel Bui Thanh Van, Captain Bui Xuan Duong, Captain Dao Duy, and Senior Lieutenant Vu Manh Thang.

Source: NDO