Training course for UN logistics officers opened in Hanoi
Participants in the opening ceremony of the training course pose for a photo (Photo: VNA)
Apr 17 2019
A training course for United Nations logistics officers, co-organised by Vietnam and Canada, opened in Hanoi on April 16.
Maj. Gen. Hoang Kim Phung, Director of
the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VDPO), said the
course will provide training for 28 officers, consisting of 13 from
Vietnam and 15 others from 10 partner countries of the Military Training
Cooperation Programme. Running until April 27, it will feature five
lecturers from Canada and Sierra Leone, and two from Vietnam.
At the opening ceremony, Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen
Chi Vinh, who is also head of the Ministry of Defence’s steering board
for Vietnam’s participation in UN peacekeeping operations, said that
over the last seven decades, UN peacekeeping activities have proved
their important role in recovering and maintaining peace, including
rebuilding countries after conflicts.
In those operations, Canada has continually been one of the leading
contributors, with over 125,000 military and police officers sent to UN
missions. It has also been a key driver in proposing important
initiatives that have won high consensus, said the deputy defence
minister, thanking the Canadian government and Department of National
Defence for creating conditions for the two sides to organise the UN
logistics officers’ course.
Vinh also asked the VDPO to increase coordination with other countries,
especially with Asian-Pacific nations and those who have cooperated with
Vietnam, to hold more activities in the field of peacekeeping.
Meanwhile, Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Deborah Paul said ensuring
logistics is critical to the success of UN peacekeeping missions, noting
that through this training course, participants will acquire useful
knowledge for their tasks in the future.
She also voiced her hope that the course co-organisation will serve as a
basis for further training cooperation between the two countries in the
future.
-dtinews