Vietnam sends 3 more military officers to UN peacekeeping forces
(VOVWORLD) - The Defense Ministry on Monday handed over the State President’s decisions to three officers, who will join the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen My Hanh and Captain Pham Thi Mai Ngan will work at UNISFA, and Major Hoang Van Kien will go to UNMISS.
Kien will fly to the UN mission on Thursday, while the others are scheduled to leave Vietnam in early October, according to Colonel Pham Manh Thang, Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
Vietnam has to date deployed 786 officers to UN peacekeeping missions in Abyei, Central African Republic and South Sudan, and the UN Headquarters.