Beauty of first Vietnamese female officer assigned to UN peacekeeping mission

She received the State President’s decision to assign her to the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on October 30, at the Headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense.

The decision-announcement ceremony was chaired by Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, member of the Party Central Committee, permanent member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy-Minister of National Defense, and Head of the Defense Ministry’s Steering Committee for Vietnam’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations.

Major Nga is also the 20th military officer of Vietnam to participate in UN peacekeeping operations.

In order to meet all requirements of the upcoming assignment, she had took part in a number of training courses on UN peacekeeping operations in Sri Lanka, China, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Uganda, and the Netherlands.

Here are images of Major Nga at the announcement ceremony and at previous training courses:

General Vinh handing over the State President’s decision on sending Major Nga to UNMISS 

General Vinh giving instructions to Major Nga

Major Nga promising to successfully fulfill the new assignment as a staff officer at UNMISS 

Major Nga receiving flowers of congratulation from Colonel Nguyen Thi Oanh, Deputy-Head of the Military Women’s Board under the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army 

Delegates at the ceremony in a group photo 

Major Nga (first left) and foreign officers at a UN pre-deployment training course in the RoK 

Major Nga in a beautiful autumnal setting while participating in a course for UN military observers in the Netherlands 

Major Nga and other international officers on the course in the Netherlands 

Major Nga and international female classmates on a training course in Uganda 

Major Nga in a joint photo with other officers while on a training course in Sri Lanka