Members of the level-2 field hospital No. 2 at the opening ceremony of
the pre-deployment training course in Hanoi on December 13 (Photo: VNA)
At the opening ceremony of the pre-deployment training course in Hanoi on
December 13, Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh spoke
highly of efforts by the Defence Ministry’s agencies, especially the Vietnam
Military Medical University and the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping
Operations (VDPO), to prepare for the hospital No. 2
He told the university and the VDPO to pay special attention to equipping the
hospital staff with skills in performing tasks at a UN mission. He also asked
for close coordination with the hospital No. 1 staff to exchange experience
regarding preparations, deployment, and task implementation.
VDPO Director Col. Hoang Kim Phung said members of the hospital No. 2 are
excellent servicemen and servicewomen chosen from the Military Medical
University, the General Department of Logistics, the Military Region 2, the VDPO
and the Department of Military Medicine.
He noted the pre-deployment training course is part of preparations for the
hospital No. 2 to replace the first one performing UN peacekeeping tasks in
South Sudan. It is also meant to continue affirming Vietnam’s role,
responsibility and efforts in joining UN peacekeeping operations for the sake of
global peace and stability.
Vietnam dispatched the level-2 field hospital No. 1 to the UN mission in South
Sudan in October 2018.
Source: VNA