In 10 years, over 800 Vietnamese officers and soldiers participated in United Nations peacekeeping.

Ten years ago, on May 27, 2014, the Vietnam Peacekeeping Center (now the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department) was established.

Vietnam's Corps of Engineers establishes first smart barracks at UN peacekeeping mission

Equipping knowledge and advisory skills for peacekeeping officers at the United Nations

Less than a month after its establishment, in June 2014, the first two officers of the Vietnam People's Army departed to serve as liaison officers at the South Sudan Mission, marking Vietnam's official participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations.

Since then, the Vietnam People's Army has sent over 800 officers and professional soldiers to deploy individually and in units, including 5 squads of the Level 2 Field Hospital deployed to the South Sudan Mission, 2 squads of the Engineering Team deployed to the UNISFA Mission, Abyei region and 114 officers deployed individually. Units and officers of the Vietnam People's Army have successfully and excellently completed the assigned tasks.

Vietnamese "blue beret" officers highly appreciated by the United Nations

The United Nations representative hopes that the Ministry of Public Security will continue to send highly qualified officers who meet the criteria to participate in United Nations peacekeeping operations, especially female officers.

Three more Vietnamese officers join the United Nations peacekeeping force

On April 8, in Hanoi, the Ministry of National Defense held a ceremony to hand over the President's Decision and the Minister of National Defense's Decision to three officers on UN peacekeeping missions at the following missions: MINUSCA (Central African Republic), UNMISS (Republic of South Sudan) and UNISFA (Abyei region).

According to Tin Tuc Newspaper

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Source: https://thoidai.com.vn/trong-10-nam-tren-800-luot-si-quan-quan-nhan-viet-nam-tham-gia-gin-giu-hoa-binh-lien-hop-quoc-200372.html