Vietnam deploys peacekeepers to serve in South Sudan (Source: VNA)
After two years of training, Vietnam's second group of 63 personnel have fulfilled the UN requirements to replace their colleagues at Vietnam's field hospital participating in peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
"All doctors are trained to diagnose and provide emergency treatment to severely injured patients and prepare patients for airlifts to provide the best healthcare to both UN peacekeepers and local people, said Colonel Nguyen Nhu Canh," Deputy Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
According to Colonel Hoang Kim Phung, Director of Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations preparations for the third group, with 70 personnel, are underway.
The first batch of Vietnamese medical staff will return to Vietnam in two groups on November 21st and November 28th.
Vietnam began joining in UN peacekeeping operations in 2014. In October 2019, Vietnamese field hospital in South Sudan won praise for successfully treating 1,800 patients, including severe cases of intestinal caseation and malignant malaliar.
Vietnamese families of UK lorry victims have to cover repatriation costs
Police investigate the lorry in which 39 dead bodies were found in October, 2019 in Essex in the south of England. — AFP/VNA Photo
According to Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the families of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a lorry in England in October, 2019 will have to cover the costs to repatriate their relatives’ remains.
The fee to bring a jar of ashes to Noi Bai airport is £1,370, or VND41.1 million. Body repatriation in a coffin made of zinc can cost up to £2,208, or VND66 million.
The ministry asked local authorities to make plans to receive the bodies or ashes and transport them to their hometowns.
Local authorities in central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh, which were home to the highest number of victims, asked the families whether they wanted repatriation of the bodies or the ashes brought back.
Vice chairman of Nghe An provincial People’s Committee Le Hong Vinh said the local departments of finance and labor, war-invalids and social affairs will consult with local authorities to support the families after the bodies are repatriated, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) reported.
Vice chairman of Can Loc district People’s Committee in Ha Tinh province Bui Huy Cuong said that they have collected options of five families in the district on November 19th. All of them want to repatriate their relatives’ bodies intact.
The district’s authorities will help the families go to Noi Bai airport in Hanoi to receive the bodies./.