Vietnam’s Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 3 receives UN medals
The 63 staff members of Vietnam's Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 3 in Bentiu, South Sudan, have been honoured with UN medals for their dedication to UN peacekeeping missions.
The 63 staff members of Vietnam's Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 3 in Bentiu, South Sudan, receive UN medals for their dedication to UN peacekeeping missions. (Photo: Vietnam's Level-2 Field Hospital)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 63 staff members of Vietnam's Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 3 in Bentiu, South Sudan, have been honoured withUN medals for their dedication to UN peacekeeping missions.
The award ceremony was held in the presence of Brig. Gen. DhananjayJoshi, acting commander of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS); and HirokoHirahara, Head of the UNMISS Field Office in Bentiu.
Since it started operation in South Sudan last March, thefield hospital has provided healthcare services for more than 1,400 UN staffand local residents, successfully performed 16 complex surgeries and supported airambulance services for 15 cases, remarked Lieu. Col. Trinh My Hoa,Director of the Level-2 Field Hospital.
Staff members of Vietnam's Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 3 in uniform. (Photo: cand.com.vn)
The hospital has applied various new medical techniques, well implemented pandemic prevention work and vaccination, and provided oxygen and properly treated medicalwaste for all Level-1 hospitals of the mission, he said, adding that it has also launched a series of environmental protection events and created recycled items.
He further noted that the hospital has cooperated with otherforeign units to hold discussions and training courses on improving medicalskills and promoted Vietnam’s culture and people through nine Civil-MilitaryCoordination in UN Integrated Peacekeeping Missions (UN-CIMIC) events.
In her remarks at the event, Brig. Gen. Dhananjay Joshi and HirokoHirahara spoke highly of the 63 Vietnamese officers’ dedication andprofessional working style.
Attendees to the award ceremony pose for a photo. (Photo: cand.com.vn)
Hirahara said she is happy to receive positive reviews for whatthe Vietnamese hospital has done in South Africa and highly appreciates itsachievements.
Forhis part, Dhananjay welcomed the Vietnamese hospital’s active participation in UN-CIMIC events, for example, providing HIV/AIDS consultation, assisting hospitals inBentiu, sharing medication and medical equipment with local authorities anddonating school items for local students, over the last year.
During the ceremony, the Vietnamese officials themselves took to the stage to perform Vietnamese songs and dances, and introduced to the attendees various Vietnamesetraditional food./.
The level-2 field hospital No.3 of Vietnam engaging in the United Nations peacekeeping mission together with Ghana’s Formed Police Unit (FPU) recently arranged the first charity trip of the year to Bentiu Central Prison in South Sudan.
Vietnamese “blue beret” doctors of the Level-two Field Hospital (L2FH) Rotation 3 at the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have successfully performed four operations for UN peacekeepers in South Sudan so far this year, affirming the positive contributions of Vietnam to UN peacekeeping operations and the host country as well.
The Vietnam Department for Peacekeeping Operations on March 4 launched practical training for Level-2 Field Hospital No. 4, which is about to perform duties at the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
A delegation of the Level-2 Field Hospital of India in Malakal, South Sudan, led by its Director Colonel Rishi Raj recently visited staff of Level-2 Field Hospital No. 3 of Vietnam in the African nation, following a previous online joint training course.
Despite living and working far from their families in difficult circumstances and harsh African weather conditions, female Vietnamese soldiers in the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan have performed their assigned tasks well and at the same time demonstrated the merits of Vietnamese women in the minds of local people and international friends.
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Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, along with a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Seongnam Air Base in Seoul on August 10 afternoon (local time), beginning a state visit to the Republic of Korea from August 10-13.
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The outcomes of Party General Secretary To Lam's visit will serve as a driving force and source of inspiration for the two countries to inherit, promote, and elevate their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, contributing to the national construction and development cause in each country, and to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 9 inspected the construction site of the new Phong Chau bridge, and surveyed a planned route for the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway section running through the northern province of Phu Tho.
Across print, broadcast, and online platforms, Angolan media portrayed State President Luong Cuong's visit as a warm and historic occasion, strengthening bilateral ties and boosting Vietnam’s presence in Africa through the AU.
The 500kV Lao Cai – Vinh Yen power transmission line has a total investment of over 7.41 trillion VND (282.5 million USD), and a total length of 229.5 km, passing through 31 communes in the two provinces, and comprising 468 transmission tower foundations.
The visits reflected the elevated position of Vietnam’s foreign policy in the new era—aimed at not only advancing ties with key regional partners like Egypt and Angola but also delivering a strategic message about Vietnam’s commitment to deepening relations with African nations as a whole.
At their talks and meetings, President Cuong and Angola’s top leaders affirmed that the close brotherhood and traditional friendship are a valuable shared asset and a solid foundation for the two nations to advance into a new phase of development.
The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) attaches great importance to the friendship, solidarity, and comradeship with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and voiced her Party’s wish to further deepen and expand relations between the two sides for the benefit of the Vietnamese and Angolan people.
Vietnam pledges to do its utmost to build an ASEAN of solidarity, consensus, and unity in diversity, and to foster a fast and sustainable development path for ASEAN, grounded in science, technology, and innovation, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
The 63 staff members of Vietnam's Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 3 in Bentiu, South Sudan, receive UN medals for their dedication to UN peacekeeping missions. (Photo: Vietnam's Level-2 Field Hospital)
Staff members of Vietnam's Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 3 in uniform. (Photo: cand.com.vn)
Attendees to the award ceremony pose for a photo. (Photo: cand.com.vn)
