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    Vietnamese blue-beret soldiers in Central African Republic celebrate Tet together

    Vietnamese blue-beret soldiers in Central African Republic celebrate Tet together

    PANO - Amidst the vast land of Central Africa Republic, where power and water outages are part of daily life, traditional Vietnamese fried spring rolls (nem ran) still make their appearance to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet), complete with fresh herbs and garlic fish sauce. Ingredients brought from home, combined with local African produce, have created an early Tet celebration that is simple yet warm for Vietnamese blue-beret soldiers carrying out United Nations peacekeeping duties.

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    General Phan Van Giang receives U.S. Assistant Secretary of State

    PANO – On February 13, at the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense, General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense, received Michael George DeSombre, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.
    Meeting helps enhance coordination in safeguarding Vietnam - China Border

    PANO – On February 12, at Border Marker 219 along the Vietnam - China border, the People’s Committee of Ban May commune, Vietnam’s Tuyen Quang province, in coordination with Ban May Border Post under the Tuyen Quang Provincial Border Guard Command, held talks and extend Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to a delegation from the People’s Authority of Dulong Town, Maguan County, China’s Yunnan Province, and the Chinese border management and protection force.
    Voyages that strengthen bonds of friendship

    PANO – I have been fortunate to accompany the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) on numerous overseas voyages to visit and engage with coast guard forces of other countries. Among those journeys, one mission left a particularly deep impression on me: the visit and exchange aboard Ship 8002 of Coast Guard Region 2 to the Philippine Coast Guard in October 2025.
    Cambodian unit extends Tet greetings to Dak Lak Provincial Military Command

    PANO - On February 12, a delegation from Cambodia’s Mondulkiri Provincial Military Sub-region, led by its Second-in-Command Officer Colonel P’riet Vantha, paid a visit and conveyed Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to the Dak Lak Provincial Military Command.
    Vietnamese border unit extends Tet greetings to Chinese unit

    PANO – On February 12, at Border Marker 291/2, a delegation from Tung Vai Border Post of Vietnam’s Tuyen Quang Provincial Border Guard Command, led by Lieutenant Colonel Pham Hung, Deputy Head of Tung Vai Border Post, paid a Lunar New Year (Tet) 2026 visit and extended New Year greetings to Malipo County Border Guard Meeting Station of China.
    Ship 17 arrives in India, ready to join MILAN 2026

    PANO - On February 12, Ship 17 Brigade 171 of the Vietnam People’s Navy and the Vietnamese delegation, led by Deputy Chief of Staff of Naval Region 2 Senior Captain Le Dinh Nghi, arrived at Visakhapatnam Port in Andhra Pradesh, India, officially commencing its activities within the framework of the Multilateral Naval Exercise MILAN 2026.
    Vietnam’s engineering company welcomes UNISFA Force Commander

    PANO – On February 9 (local time), during the peak of the dry-season operation and as the Lunar New Year is approaching, Major General Ganesh Kumar Shrestha, the newly-appointed Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), paid a visit to Vietnam’s Engineering Company Rotation 4.
    Meeting with foreign military attachés held in Hanoi

    PANO – On February 10 in Hanoi, the Department of Foreign Relations of the Ministry of National Defense hosted a meeting with the Foreign Military Attaché Corps in Vietnam on the occasion of the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tet).
    Early Tet in UNMISS - Part 4: Special surgeries

    PANO - Alongside the Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations, troops of the Vietnamese Level 2 Field Hospital Rotation 7 (L2FH Rotation 7) remain immersed in the whirl of their daily duties. “Rule-breaking” surgeries not only affirm the professional competence of Vietnamese blue beret doctors, but also demonstrate the tradition of “physicians like gentle mothers.”
    Cambodia’s Mondulkiri provincial armed forces extend Tet wishes to Lam Dong border guards

    PANO - On February 10, on the occasion of the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tet), a delegation of the Mondulkiri provincial armed forces (Cambodia), led by Commander of the province’s Gendarmerie Major General Hem Bo Na Rel, visited the Lam Dong Provincial Border Guard Command.
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