August 12, 2019 | 21:25 (GMT+7)
Foreign press praises VPA’s contingents at Army Games 2019
PANO – The International Army Games 2019 is now a topic capturing the attention of the world press. Vietnam’s participating contingents have also received special attention from the press as this is the second time that the country has sent its troops to the event.
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Vietnamese snipers in the Army Games 2019 |
As cited by the Russian newspaper Argumenty I Fakty (Аргументы и Факты - AIF), Colonel Vladislav Veryasov, Head of the Combat Training Department under the Russian Engineer Troops and Chief referee of the event, highly valued the Engineer Contingent of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) at this year’s event. He also emphasized that the Vietnamese participants showed a strong combat spirit.
Meanwhile, on the Red Star Newspaper of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel Nguyen Xuan Dinh, head of the Vietnamese Engineer contingent, said that Russian weapons are modern and expressed pleasure to see that the Vietnamese contingent has had a chance to operate such weapons and technical equipment.
Aired on the STV Station of Belarus, Colonel Vladimir Bely, Deputy Chief of the Special Force of Belarus and Chief referee of the event, said that the VPA’s sniper contingent achieved high results despite their first time participating in the Army Games 2019. He also praised the Vietnamese snipers for their precise targeting capabilities.
The VPA’s medical contingent was also praised by the Russian Newspaper of Sputnik for applying acupressure techniques to helping athletes recover their health after crossing obstacles during the “military medical relay race” event at the Forish training ground (Tashkent, Uzbekistan).
Translated by Hoang Giang