Hanoi, July 22 -- The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on July 22 to present decisions of the State President and the Minister of National Defence to three officers who are about to depart for duties at the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in Abyei.

Presiding over the event was Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff and deputy head of the inter-sectoral working group, and deputy head of the Ministry of National Defence's steering committee for Vietnam's participation in UN peacekeeping operations.

Accordingly, Lieutenant Colonel Hoang Quoc An was assigned as a logistics staff officer, Major Ngo Quoc Cuong as an operations staff officer, and Captain Pham Phu Hai as a militar...