Second group of L2FH Rotation 3 arrives home

PANO - The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VNDPKO), in collaboration with Military Hospital 175 and relevant agencies, held a ceremony on May 27 to welcome home the Level-2 Field Hospital (L2FH) Rotation 3’s members who have completed their mission in South Sudan.

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Lt. Col. Trinh My Hoa, Director of the L2FH Rotation 3, is the first member to get off the military transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster III.

Director of Military Hospital 175 Major General Nguyen Hong Son presents flower to Lieutenant Colonel Trinh My Hoa.

VNDPKO’s head and delegates give warm welcome to members of the L2FH Rotation 3.

Present at the event were VNDPKO Director Major General Hoang Kim Phung, Director of Military Hospital 175 Major General Nguyen Hong Son, the Australian Defense Attaché to Vietnam, representatives of Air Division 370, international delegates, and relatives of the field hospital’s staff.

At 01:30 on May 27, the military transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster III of the Royal Australian Air Force carrying the second group of the L2FH Rotation 3’s staff landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Earlier, the first group of the hospital’s members arrived home on April 30. After undergoing a rapid COVID-19 testing, the Vietnamese peacekeepers attended a welcoming ceremony chaired by leaders of the VNDPKO and Military Hospital 175.

The military transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster III lands safely, bringing the second group of personnel of the L2FH Rotation 3 home.

The hospital’s members undergo COVID-19 testing before the welcoming ceremony.

In a cozy and solemn atmosphere, leaders of units expressed their delight at the L2FH Rotation 3’s significant outcomes, which have contributed to raising the quality of defense external relations and diplomatic activities.

Speaking at the welcoming ceremony, Military Hospital 175’s Director Nguyen Hong Son affirmed that outstanding achievements obtained by the L2FH Rotation 3’s staff were the pride of their unit, comrades and families. He took the occasion to thank the VNDPKO, international agencies, and relevant units for their coordination in holding the ceremony.

Director of Military Hospital 175 Major General Nguyen Hong Son addresses the ceremony.

Members of the L2FH Rotation 3 at the ceremony

Lt. Col. Trinh My Hoa addresses the welcoming ceremony.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Trinh My Hoa, Director of the L2FH Rotation 3, the unit has completely handed over their duties to the L2FH Rotation 4 as regulated. He said that after completing mission at the U.N. Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), all members of the hospital have preserved sentiment, culture, and solidarity which have been nurtured over the past time.

After the welcoming ceremony, all members of the second group of the field hospital went through entry procedures as regulated and were taken to Military Hospital 175.

Members of the L2FH Rotation 3 thank the crew for a safe flight.

Delegates and members of the L2FH Rotation 3 pose for a joint photo.

The L2FH Rotation 3 was founded in November 2019. On March 23, 2021, the field hospital officially headed for UNMISS to take on U.N. peacekeeping duties. With great efforts, high sense of responsibility, and the spirit of constantly learning, the field hospital’s staff overcame all difficulties, fulfilled all tasks, and brightened the noble image of the Vietnamese military medical staff and Uncle Ho’s soldiers among international friends and the U.N.

Together with their professional activities, the hospital well conducted mass mobilization activities, including planting trees at local schools, presenting gifts and organizing games for local children, and making toys from plastic bottles for children, among others.

Families and colleagues congratulate Vietnamese peacekeepers on fulfilling the international duties.

The Australian Defense Attaché to Vietnam congratulates the Vietnamese medical staff.

Members of the hospital took full advantage of spare land to grow vegetables to improve their living standards. A tree-planting movement was launched with around 150 fruit trees planted on the hospital’s compound.

For their contribution, all members of the L2FH Rotation 3 were honored with U.N. medal for service. Many staff of the hospital were presented with certificates of merit by UNMISS’s leaders.