Vietnam’s peacekeepers sent off to South Sudan to join UN peacekeeping mission

(Bqp.vn) - The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony to send  staff of the Vietnam’s Level-2 Field Hospital No. 2 to South Sudan to join UN peacekeeping mission on November 19.

Rear Admiral Nguyen Trong Binh speaking at the event. (photo: Nguyen Hai)

Addressing the ceremony, Rear Admiral Nguyen Trong Binh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army expressed his belief that the staff would complete all assigned tasks during their working term. He also affirmed that the Ministry of National Defence would create favourable conditions for them to fulfill their mission.

Rear Admiral Nguyen Trong Binh presenting a picture of Uncle Ho to the staff of the Level-2 Field Hospital No. 2 (photo: Nguyen Hai)

On November 19, the first batch of the staff of the hospital started a 12-hour flight to South Sudan on a C-17A Globemaster III, the biggest aircraft that Australia sent to Vietnam to help transport the peacekeepers.

Rear Admiral Nguyen Trong Binh and the staff of the Level-2 Field Hospital No. 2 in a joint photo. (photo: Nguyen Hai)

The staff of the Level-2 Field Hospital No. 2 saluting the national flag before departing for UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. (photo: Nguyen Hai)

The rest of the staff of the Vietnam’s Level-2 Field Hospital No. 2 will fly to South Sudan on November 26, along with 60 tons of supplies and equipment.