Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Defence Minister, hands over the President’s decisions to seven army officers. (Photo: VNA)

Two are assigned to the EU Training Mission in the Central African Republic for the first time.

Two others will take up duty at the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and one will go to the UN Interim Security Force in Abyei.

Others will join the UN mission in South Sudan, replacing two Vietnamese officers who have completed their term.