At a working session with Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the U.N. in New York on March 16, Lacroix expressed willingness to positively consider Vietnam's proposals and hope that Vietnam will continue to enhance capacity of U.N. peacekeepers through training activities and the application of new technologies to become ready for missions to be launched by the U.N. in the coming time, including engineering, helicopter and communication forces.

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Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the U.N. (L) and U.N. Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix

Ambassador Giang thanked the U.N. Under-Secretary-General and the U.N. for creating favorable conditions for Vietnam to join U.N. peacekeeping operations over the years.

He said he hopes Lacroix and the UN in general will continue strengthening assistance to Vietnamese military and police so that they can engage in peacekeeping activities and complete their tasks at U.N. missions.

Vietnam is willing to send more forces upon the U.N.’s requests, including officers and candidates for positions at U.N. Secretariat, Giang stressed.

He proposed that the U.N. Department of Peace Operations and other U.N. agencies support Vietnam in foreign language training, while providing more modern equipment to Vietnam, helping the country become a center for U.N. peacekeeping training in the region.

The diplomat took the occasion to invite U.N. Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix to visit Vietnam at a convenient time.

Source: VNA