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Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh (L), Deputy Minister of National Defense, handed the President's decision to Lieutenant Colonel Tran Duc Huong (R). (Photo: VN Express)

Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of National Defense, handed the President's decision to Lieutenant Colonel Tran Duc Huong for a two-year tenure (2021-2023) mission at the United Nations headquarters.

Vinh said, the Government has prepared for training and application for positions at the United Nations since 1995, but after 25 years since then, no one has been admitted to work there. So, he was delighted to have three Vietnamese officers recruited into the United Nations headquarters. "When there are officers at the staff center of UN, the country's position will be raised, we will also have enough information to timely deploy troops participating in United Nations peacekeeping mission in the coming times", Vinh said.

Huong used to work at the UN Peacekeeping Mission for 2 terms. Therefore, according to Vinh, Huong needs to be promoted to work at the UN headquarters. "Why can't the mission leader be a Vietnamese? We need to have that kind of ambition and determination," Vinh stressed.

Huong's main tasks include building and deploying military plans for peacekeeping missions and missions on function, editing and adjusting strategy statements, predictions, operational plans, and combat conventions.

Lieutenant Colonel Tran Duc Huong at the ceremony. (Photo: Vietnamnet)

He will also be in charge of strategy and campaign consulting on military issues, especially on adjusting payroll organization of functioning missions, about-to-established missions, or closed missions. Besides, his job includes supervising the payroll organization, equipment, and capacity for military forces and military units, preparing and participating in the visit to the survey, evaluate, visit pre-deploy, research military capacity.

Lieutenant Colonel Tran Duc Huong was recruited for the position of Planning Staff Officer, Military Planning Division, Department of Peace Operations, UN Headquarters in October 2020, after passing 3 rounds of application and examination, competed with about 200 applicants from UN member countries. This is the second officer of the Vietnam People's Army to be recruited at the UN headquarters in New York, after Lieutenant Colonel Luong Truong Vinh.

"Huong will work for two terms at the UN Peacekeeping Mission. This is one of the typical cadres who are good at solving problem skills because of their practical experience and wide knowledge," said Major General Hoang Kim Phung, Director of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department.

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