Deputy Minister of Public Security Sen. Lt. Gen. Luong Tam Quang hands over the State President's deployment decision to the three police officers on August 16. (Photo: People's Public Security newspaper)Maj. Gen. Dao Xuan Lan, Chief of theMPS’s standing office for UN peacekeeping operations, reported that in 2022,the MPS sent four officers to engage in UN peacekeeping operations, includingone to the UN headquarters and three to UNMISS.
All the four have excellentlyfulfilled their duties; gradually affirmed the capacity, mettle,professionalism of the People’s Public Security officers; and helped populariseimages of Vietnam to the UN and international friends, he noted.
On August 12, the State Presidentsigned a decision to deploy three more officers to UNMISS, raising thenumber of those joining UN peacekeeping operations to seven.
Aside from individuals, the standing office will soon propose the deployment ofunits to peacekeeping operations, Lan went on.
MPS officials and officers at the decision presentation ceremony in Hanoi on August 16. (Photo: People's Public Security newspaper)He noted the continued deployment reflects the MPS’s effective performance of internationalduties, as well as great efforts by the MPS’s steering committee and standingoffice for UN peacekeeping operations and each officer in implementing the policyin this regard of the Party, the State, the Central Public Security PartyCommittee, and the MPS.
Congratulatingthe three newly deployed personnel, he said this is a great honour and pride ofeach officer and also their heavy responsibility towards the Party, the State, theCentral Public Security Party Committee, and the MPS.
The Deputy Minister expressed hisbelief that they will build on the achievements of Vietnam’s peacekeepingforce, uphold the sense of responsibility, and promote their mettle and wisdomto surmount difficulties and improve their capacity so as to fulfill theassigned tasks, thus helping popularise the image of Vietnam as a hospitable andpeace-loving country, and practically contributing to regional and internationalpeace and security./.
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