Vietnam is ready to deploy level-two field hospital
30/1/18
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A Vietnamese liaison officer in the UN Mission in South Sudan |
Under the auspices of the U.S., the U.K. and Australian
partners, Vietnam has made careful preparation in personnel as well as
professional, logistic, technological and English skills to be ready to deploy
its level-two field hospital to the allocated UN peacekeeping mission.
Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Minh, Deputy
Defense Minister made the statement at a courtesy reception for the United
Nations pre-deployment inspectThe six-member mission, led by Lieutenant Colonel Cecilie
Konradsen, included officials and staff from the UN Department of Peacekeeping
Operations, the UN Department of Field Support and the UN Mission in South
Sudan.
At the reception, General Vinh warmly welcomed the mission to give
a final check on Vietnam’s
preparation for the deployment of the first level-two field hospital. He added
that Vietnam lacks
experiences because this is the first time the country has prepared for the
deployment of a level-two field hospital to a UN peacekeeping mission and asked
the visiting mission to share their experiences in this field to help Vietnam deploy
the hospital as planned.
Vinh said that Vietnam
is practicing the pre-deployment training of the hospital in Hanoi and hoped to receive further assistance
from the UN as well as foreign countries and international partners.
On behalf of the visiting mission, Lieutenant Colonel Cecilie
Konradsen highly appreciated Vietnam’s
efforts and affirmed to cooperate effectively with Vietnam to help it deploy its first
level-two field hospital in the coming time.
On January 30, the mission arrived in Ho Chi
Minh City to check Vietnam’s
preparation for the hospital.
ion mission on the occasion of their visit to Vietnam on January 29 in Hanoi.
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