(VOVworld) – The United Nations will give special support to Vietnam regarding its participation in UN peace-keeping. UN Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, Atul Khare, said at a meeting on Friday with a delegation of Vietnam’s Ministry of Defense, led by Lieutenant General Tran Van Minh, Chief of the Policy Department of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army.

3 Vietnamese officers join UN peacekeeping mission (Photo: VNA)

Commenting on the ability of Vietnamese officers, assistant Secretary-general for peacekeeping operations Edmond Mullet said Vietnamese officers were well-trained and had effectively fulfilled their missions. He said that he hoped Vietnam would continue to contribute to efforts to raise the UN’s prestige and position in peace-keeping campaigns on the global scale.