A welcoming ceremony for the staff of Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 4. (Photo: Minh Duc/VNA)

Colonel Pham Manh Thang, Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations (VDPO), applauded the officers for their outstanding performance in South Sudan.

Thang thanked Vietnamese units, the Australian Embassy, and the Office of the Australian Defence Attaché for their close coordination in the deployment of the hospital. 

Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 4, consisting of 63 members, began its mission in Bentiu, South Sudan, last November.