4 Army officers receive decision to carry out United Nations peacekeeping mission

On the morning of December 31, in Hanoi, the Ministry of National Defense held a ceremony to present the President's decision and the Minister of National Defense's decision to 4 officers of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) to perform the United Nations peacekeeping mission (GGHB).

Senior General Nguyen Truong Thang - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense, Head of the Interdisciplinary Working Group, Head of the Ministry of National Defense Steering Committee on participation in United Nations Security Service activities - chaired the ceremony.

This deployment includes 4 carefully selected officers, fully meeting the strict standards of the United Nations, ready to replace soldiers on duty at the MINUSCA mission (Central African Republic) and deploying a new position to the United Nations missiture on Peace and Security in the capital Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium.

In which, Lieutenant Colonel Vu Thi Lien, Assistant to the Training Department, Vietnam Military Command, participated in the application and was admitted to the position of Expert on Security and Defense Policy at the United Nations Consulting Office for Peace and Security in the capital Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium.

Lieutenant Colonel Dang Thu Ha, former editor of the People's Army Newspaper, was appointed to replace Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Huyen Anh, to hold the position of Communications Officer (MPIO) at the MINUSCA mission, Central African Republic.

Captain Nguyen Huy Khai, Foreign Affairs Assistant, Military Hospital 175, was assigned to replace Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Huy Tuan, to take on the position of Chief of Staff (COE) at the MINUSCA mission.

Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tram, a Vietnam Coast Guard officer, was assigned to replace Lieutenant Colonel Bui Thi Minh Nguyet, to take on the position of Training Staff Officer (SO Training) at MINUSCA missions.

According to Major General Pham Manh Thang - Director of the Vietnam Military Command (Ministry of National Defense), the officers have completed training courses as required by the United Nations. In addition, depending on each implementation position, the Vietnam External Relations Department has sent staff to participate in training courses abroad to improve their professional qualifications in the field that each comrade has held at the mission.

Speaking at the ceremony, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang - Deputy Minister of National Defense - affirmed that the officers sent on the field this time are all excellent officers, trusted by agencies and units. With careful and methodical preparation, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang believes that the comrades will excellently complete their tasks in their positions.

Senior General Nguyen Truong Thang requested that officers immediately after being deployed need to quickly adapt to the local situation, perform well their assigned duties and tasks, strengthen research work, improve the ability to analyze and forecast the situation, promptly report, and serve as a basis for the Vietnam Border Guard Department to advise and propose to the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense on the strategic orientation for deploying the United Nations Border Guard force of the Vietnam People's Army in the next phase.

Noting the task requirements for officers working in defense affairs in general as well as officers preparing to go on the path to participate in GGHB activities, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang emphasized that comrades need to promote the spirit of: Dedicated Loyalty - Confidence in Creativity - flexibility - Convincing negotiation - Top efficiency - Fatherland above all.

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