The first steps in United Nations peacekeeping operations
During more than 40 years of military service, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh - former Deputy Minister of National Defense - left a deep mark in the fields he was in charge of, including military intelligence and defense diplomacy, especially Vietnam's participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations.
From his field research in Africa in 2013, today, Vietnamese "blue beret" soldiers have been and are the peace messengers of Vietnam, a country with a reputation for always being responsible for the common problems of the world .
Mentioning Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh is mentioning a strategist on national defense and defense diplomacy who contributes to the protection of the country in the new era, Major General Hoang Kim Phung - former Director of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department - emphasized.
According to Major General Hoang Kim Phung, the typical initiatives that Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh implemented on the foreign affairs front left a very strong impression when he held the position of Deputy Minister of National Defense in charge of foreign affairs.
“Since he was the Director General of the General Department of Defense Intelligence, he began to propose the need to study international organizations in multilateral activities, especially the United Nations. We have received his instructions on the research front to integrate with the international community,” said Major General Hoang Kim Phung.
According to Major General Hoang Kim Phung, regarding participation in the United Nations peacekeeping force, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh once assessed that this is a new field that we need to understand, need to gain long-term initiative, not be pressured by international public opinion, by the demands of the United Nations or by the demands of partner countries and international friends about Vietnam's participation in peacekeeping so that we are hasty or let us participate without leaving an impression.
“General Nguyen Chi Vinh always reminded us that Vietnam has always had a principle that our ancestors' previous resistance wars to protect the Fatherland had followed: the first battle must be won, once the army has started, it must be won” - Major General Hoang Kim Phung recalled and said that the victories of the early days will bring great significance and it is the basis, the source of encouragement for what we must do, we must succeed. That is why we have studied this very deeply, very methodically, systematically.
Vision of protecting the Fatherland from early on, from afar
The former Director of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department said that the instructions of Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh were the initial, very important and key steps, demonstrating the overall strategic view, calculations and measures to resolve the difficulties of our country in the early days of participating in the United Nations peacekeeping force.
At that time, peacekeeping activities were oriented by Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh to be considered combat operations, a special field of operations, with an extremely large influence on politics - foreign affairs - national defense.
From the first steps, up to now, it has been more than 9 years since Vietnam participated in peacekeeping activities and left a very strong mark. Vietnamese soldiers have participated in activities at missions in South Sudan, the Republic of South Africa or the United Nations headquarters, all creating good impressions.
“We get closer to many officers from other countries. We get closer to the charity and humanitarian activities of the United Nations,” said Major General Hoang Kim Phung.
Expressing his condolences upon hearing the news of Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh's passing on September 14, Major General Hoang Kim Phung affirmed that in remembering Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, we pay tribute to a very excellent defense diplomat in implementing the Party's guidelines, especially in the context of deep international integration. He was a man with a vision for the strategy of protecting the Fatherland from an early age and from afar.
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