Present at the event were Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, member of the Party Central Committee, permanent member of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of National Defense, Head of the Steering Committee; Senior Lieutenant General Pham Ngoc Minh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee; Lieutenant General Le Hien Van, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics; representatives of agencies and units under the Ministry of National Defense, Military Region 7, Army Corps 4 and the leadership of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.
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Gen. Vinh speaking at the event |
At the ceremony, Senior Colonel Hoang Kim Phung, Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VNDPKO), briefed the delegates on preparations for the level-2 field hospital No.1.
Accordingly, over the past five years, Vietnam has completed all steps of domestic legal procedures and documents signed with the United Nations relating to the deployment of Vietnam’s peacekeeping forces to UN missions. Especially, the hospital has also ensured its resources such as qualified medical personnel and expertise, to meet the UN requirements.
On the occasion, the Ministry of National Defense, and competent defense agencies announced decisions to transfer the hospital from Military Hospital 175 to the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VNDPKO); to dispatch the hospital to the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan; and to merge the Directorate of the hospital into the Party Committee of the VNDPKO. After announcing the decisions, Military Hospital 175 signed an agreement to hand over the hospital to the VNDPKO.
On behalf of the MND, Gen. Vinh praised the great efforts of relevant agencies and units under the MND, especially all medical personnel of the hospital, for their good preparations over the past five years.
He also assigned tasks to the hospital and asked its leadership and medical personnel, urging them to continue to strictly abide by the military discipline; maintain both spiritual and material lives of its troops; ensure security, social order and safety; make efforts to overcome difficulties and challenges in operational areas while actively embracing situations and task requirements; as well as uphold the tradition of the Vietnam People's Army.
Translated by Chung Anh