With standout contributions to United Nations’ peacekeeping missions over the past seven years, the Vietnam Centre for Peacekeeping, now the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, has helped improve the profile and role of Vietnam’s military and Vietnam as a whole in the international arena.

Vietnam’s peacekeeping force are close friends with local people in South Sudan. (Photo: Department of Peacekeeping Operations)

Vietnam’s level-2 field hospital No 2 provides medical examinations to more than 1,400 patients. The hospital is a medical establishment for over 2,200 UN officers in Bentiu, South Sudan. (Photo: Department of Peacekeeping Operations)

Images of Vietnamese medics devoting themselves to taking care of patients gain media coverage from the UN and many foreign countries. (Photo: Department of Peacekeeping Operations)

Vietnam’s “blue beret” officers are messengers of peace working to promote peace and friendship among local people. (Photo: Department of Peacekeeping Operations)

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thi Lien has become a symbol of a messenger of peace. (Photo: Department of Peacekeeping Operations)

Vietnam’s participation in UN peacekeeping missions is a vivid illustration of a country with strong renewal, a trustworthy partner, and a responsible member of the international community. (Photo: Department of Peacekeeping Operations)