Enhancing training quality for United Nations peacekeeping forces

The conference was attended by representatives from agencies and units across the entire military that assign personnel to U.N. peacekeeping missions.

Senior Colonel Nguyen Ba Hung, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations, delivers a speech at the conference.

The event aimed to clarify the core contents and new highlights of the 2026 overall training plan; comprehensively review training outcomes in recent years; identify shortcomings and their causes; and reach consensus on orientations and solutions to further improve the quality of U.N. peacekeeping training in the coming period. It also sought to strengthen coordination and cooperation between the VNDPKO and relevant agencies, units, and military academies in organizing training in line with the requirements of the Ministry of National Defense and United Nations standards.

Accordingly, the plan supplements training contents for unit-level formations with a focus on political education, including internal political security, regulations and rules on information security and confidentiality while performing duties at U.N. peacekeeping missions. In terms of peacekeeping-specific training, additional content on maneuver and force protection in emergency situations has been incorporated.

Overview of the conference.

U.N. peacekeeping training in 2026 is identified as requiring strong, comprehensive innovation, moving toward standardization, modernization, and close alignment with mission realities. The focus is on improving the quality of leadership, direction, and training management; closely integrating military and professional training with political education and discipline building; promoting the application of science, technology, and digital transformation in training; and strengthening substantive inspection and evaluation.

Translated by Chung Anh