Attending the ceremony, on the Vietnamese side were Major General Pham Manh Thang, Director of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department, Head of the Steering Committee for the Forum. exercise; members of the Steering Committee, the Steering Committee Agency, the Sub-committees, Vietnamese delegates and participants of the Exercise.
On the Indian side, there were the Indian Ambassador appointed to Vietnam, Tshering W. Sherpa; Major General Rawal Rajdeep Singh, Sena Medal, Commander of the Engineer Corps, Western Command, Indian Army, Head of the Indian High-Level Delegation; Indian Defense Attaché to Vietnam, and Indian forces participating in the exercise.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, Major General Pham Manh Thang, Director of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department, Head of the Steering Committee for the Forum The exercise emphasized: VINBAX 2025 is the 6th bilateral exercise on United Nations peacekeeping between the Vietnam People's Army and the Indian Army and also the 4th field exercise on United Nations peacekeeping between the two armies.
VINBAX 2025 marks the expansion, upgrading and further development in terms of the scale of participants, the scope of subjects and the increasingly higher level of professional complexity in accordance with the policy agreed upon by the leaders of both sides at the bilateral Defense Dialogues.
This year's exercise was successfully organized, achieving the set goals and requirements, ensuring absolute security and safety in all aspects. Through field exercises - the highest form of training, soldiers of the two countries shared and learned from each other professional knowledge, professional skills, profound experiences, good lessons, and good practices of each side in deploying activities and performing tasks of the Engineering Team in coordination with related components in performing tasks at a multi-dimensional integrated United Nations mission.
The results of the VINBAX 2025 Exercise have contributed to improving the professional capacity and coordination and cooperation capabilities of the Engineering Force and other forces of the two sides, ready to deploy, participate in and effectively carry out United Nations peacekeeping missions in the coming time.
The VINBAX 2025 exercise is also an excellent environment and condition for lecturers and experts from the two countries to learn expertise, share experiences, practice, improve specialized training levels and enhance the capacity to organize, direct and operate large-scale and complex field exercises on United Nations peacekeeping.
Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Tshering W. Sherpa said: Over the past three weeks, the two forces have trained, learned, cultivated friendship and lived together in Vietnam. This exercise once again demonstrated the professionalism, discipline and strong commitment of both the Indian Armed Forces and the Vietnam People's Army.
The Ambassador expressed his deep appreciation from the Government of India for the excellent organization of the event by the Vietnamese side. Every step, from planning to field implementation, was organized with impressive efficiency, meticulousness and heartfelt sentiments. The hospitality extended to the Indian delegation was truly wonderful.
VINBAX has made great strides. Today, it is a full-scale field exercise, enabling the two countries’ military personnel to exchange experiences, perfect their operational procedures, and coordinate in real-life situations. This year’s exercise is particularly notable for its effective application of modern technologies, which helps improve situational awareness, coordination, and overall training quality.
The fact that Vietnam is holding this type of exercise only with India reflects the deep strategic partnership between the two countries. It reinforces the shared belief that cooperation between the two armed forces contributes to peace, stability, enhances the ability to respond to modern challenges, as well as promotes broader stability in the Indo- Pacific region.
VINBAX is also an ideal platform to enhance cooperation between the two armies in the field of UN peacekeeping. The progress that both sides have made continues to strengthen the belief that this cooperation will continue to grow stronger with each exercise.
The Ambassador congratulated all the participants for their excellent performance in VINBAX 2025, demonstrating the highest standards of professionalism and team spirit. The Indian colleagues upheld the noble traditional values of the Indian Armed Forces: “Name, Honour and Flag”. He thanked the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department and all supporting agencies for their excellent organization and support throughout the exercise.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, warmly congratulated the success of the Exercise and highly appreciated the efforts and contributions of all forces participating in the Vietnam-India Bilateral Exercise on United Nations Peacekeeping 2025 (VINBAX-2025). VINBAX-2025 was a great success, achieving important and practical results.
The past few days have been truly a festival for the United Nations peacekeeping forces of the two countries' armies. The two countries' forces have participated seriously, actively, and fully in all the Exercise items according to the plan, objectives, and requirements with good professional quality, professional and methodical organization of training and practice, and absolute safety.
The Deputy Chief of the General Staff was particularly impressed with the integrated demonstration of the deployment and implementation of the Engineering mission combined with the tasks of Military Medicine, Search and Rescue and Military Observers. The demonstration demonstrated the smooth, close and effective coordination of the two countries' military forces in practicing exercises to handle hypothetical situations, close to the actual tasks of the forces at the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions.
VINBAX is the only bilateral exercise of the Vietnamese Army with a foreign partner on United Nations peacekeeping. Over the years, the successful rotation of Vietnam and India in organizing this bilateral exercise demonstrates a high level of political trust, substantive and effective bilateral defense cooperation, and the commitment of the two armies in their efforts to contribute to the United Nations peacekeeping mission, peace, stability and prosperity in the region and the world.
The success of the VINBAX-2025 Exercise will continue to be a premise for the development and success of subsequent bilateral exercises, an important foundation for the two countries' armies to further promote bilateral defense cooperation activities in general and on United Nations peacekeeping in particular, increasingly becoming more substantial, effective, practical and diverse.
On behalf of the leadership of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan thanked the Indian Ministry of National Defense and the Ambassador of the Republic of India to Vietnam for their active support and assistance during Vietnam's participation in the United Nations peacekeeping operations in the past time, as well as in the successful organization of the VINBAX-2025 Exercise. He thanked the Indian forces for coming to Vietnam to join the forces of the Vietnam People's Army in participating in this Exercise.
On behalf of the Ministry of National Defense, Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan presented souvenirs to the Indian delegation participating in the Exercise. Ambassador Tshering W. Sherpa presented souvenirs to the representative of the Vietnamese delegation.
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