Australia donates peacekeeper training equipment to Viet Nam
A ceremony to hand over peacekeeper training equipment donated by the Australian Department of Defence to the Viet Nam Department of Peacekeeping Operations was held in Ha Noi on December 14.
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| At the event. (Photo: VNA) |
The equipment includes a set of interpretation devices with 100 headsets, 15 cardioverter defibrillators and 20 sets of handy talkies.
Speaking at the event, Director of the Viet Nam Department of Peacekeeping Operations Maj. Gen. Hoang Kim Phung said the equipment will be used for international seminars and conference held by the department as well as for training staff members for level-2 field hospital No. 4, the engineering corps No.1 and its other units, contributing to improving Vietnamese peacekeepers' capacity.
The donation of the equipment demonstrated effective cooperation between the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence and the Australian Department of Defence, he said.
Bridget Collier, Political Counsellor at the Australian Embassy in Viet Nam, expressed her hope that the devices will help Viet Nam improve the training quality and better prepare the force, thus meeting the United Nations’ requirements for humanitarian purpose in peacekeeping missions.
(Source: VNA)
