April 01, 2022 | 14:42 (GMT+7)
Vietnam’s equipment, goods to be transported to UNISFA
Nearly 2,000 tons of equipment and goods of Vietnam's first military engineering unit participating in the United Nations peacekeeping operations at the U.N. Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) will be transported from Hai Phong port in the northern city of Hai Phong to the mission from April 4, according to the Ministry of National Defense's Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
The equipment include 147 types of engineering machines, trucks and guard vehicles.
Senior Colonel Mac Duc Trong, commander of the Vietnamese peacekeeping force at UNISFA and head of the engineering company, said the company has basically completed preparation, and has been transporting the equipment and goods to Hai Phong port from March 30- April 4.
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Vehicles of Vietnam's first military engineering company (Photo: PANO) |
The U.N. has officially sent a vessel to the Hai Phong port to receive the equipment and goods from Vietnam, which will be shipped to Sudan port and then transported by road to Khartoum and Kaduqli of Sudan and to UNISFA.
As scheduled, the Vietnamese unit had to be present at UNISFA to begin its tasks in March 2022. However, because of difficulties related to international shipping and ship technology, the shipment has been delayed.
Vietnam’s military engineering company comprises 184 officers and soldiers. It is the unit-level formation with the largest number of members ever participating in U.N. peacekeeping missions.
A group of the unit is expected to receive all these goods and equipment at the Sudan port and at UNISFA in late April. All members of the unit are scheduled to arrive in Abyei on May 10 before the rainy season begins in the area.
Source: VNA