Vietnamese peacekeepers celebrating Lunar New Year

PANO – Like other Vietnamese people at home, 63 personnel of the Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 2 are celebrating their second Lunar New Year with joy and happiness in South Sudan.

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Before the Lunar New Year Festival, all members of the hospital together prepared traditional food of the Vietnamese people, including chung cake (traditional Vietnamese rice cake), spring rolls, and colorful sticky rice.

On the New Year’s Eve, all the medical staff of the hospital together sang National Anthem, watched the Vietnam Television’s New Year program, and listened to the General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong’s New Year letter. They also hosted a New Year party with various artistic performances praising the Party, the nation, and spring. The cozy atmosphere in the country brought them closer to their home country and helped them overcome homesickness.

Recalling efforts and achievements obtained by Vietnamese peacekeepers in 2020 amid the complicated development of the COVID-19 pandemic, Director of the Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 2 Lieutenant Colonel Vo Van Hien affirmed that the hospital will be determined to fulfil remaining missions.

All members of the hospital wished that countries around the world and Vietnam will successfully contain the COVID-19 pandemic, so they can soon come back to their families in their homeland.

Speaking at the new year party, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Ba Hung, Commander of the Vietnamese Peacekeeping Force in South Sudan wished all members of the hospital a happy new year and hoped that they will support each other to fulfil all assigned missions.

Below area some photos of Vietnamese peacekeepers’ new year celebration in South Sudan.