Vietnam Peacekeeping Force 'draws' giant national flag in Africa

Within five days, the Vietnamese peacekeeping engineering team completed a national flag measuring nearly 100 square meters at the Level 1 field hospital in Africa.

According to information from the Engineering Corps (Vietnam Peacekeeping Force), to celebrate the 79th anniversary of Vietnam's National Day on September 2nd, the Vietnam Engineering Corps has carried out many practical and meaningful activities.

In particular, at Highway base, the Vietnamese Peacekeeping Engineering Team painted the national flag on the roof of module 3, covering an area of ​​nearly 100 square meters, located in the Level 1 Field Hospital area.

The national flag atop a Level 1 field hospital in Africa. (Photo: Vietnam Peacekeeping Forces)

The national flag was positioned prominently in front of the entrance gate, easily visible from the road leading into the base. Despite facing sudden, prolonged rain showers that caused the freshly applied paint to wash away, the team quickly completed the flag in just 5 days.

This is not only a welcome to international friends at the base of the Vietnamese Peacekeeping Engineering Team, but also an affirmation and a source of national pride for each green beret soldier performing their duties in Abyei.

(Photo: Vietnam Peacekeeping Forces)

Also on this occasion, the GGHB Engineering Team organized several activities such as: repairing and handing over boats to people in the local Mijak community; providing food, medicine, and clothing to Abyei Hospital; upgrading roads, organizing dredging of drainage ditches, replacing culverts, and supporting flood control in the area.

Helping people repair their boats has had many positive impacts, serving the most essential needs of the local people for their daily lives and livelihoods.

The Vietnamese Engineering Corps organized the provision of food, medicine, and clothing to Abyei Hospital, including: intestinal antibiotics (1000 tablets), antibiotics for ear, nose, throat, pneumonia, and skin wounds (2000 tablets), and vitamins (300 tablets); wound disinfectant (50 bottles); anti-flu mouthwash (500 bottles), cotton, bandages, and medical gauze... (Photo: Vietnamese Peacekeeping Forces)

To date, the 2nd Engineering Battalion has repaired four boats for the community in the Mijak village area.

The Engineering Corps also provided food, medicine, and clothing to Abyei Hospital; upgraded roads, organized dredging of drainage ditches, replaced sewers, and assisted in flood control in the Abyei area.

To date, the 2nd Engineering Team has repaired four boats for the community in Mijak village. (Photo: Vietnam Peacekeeping Forces)

Colonel Nguyen Viet Hung, Commander of the Vietnamese Engineering Corps, affirmed: "All of us, all those living and working in Abyei, whether Abyei residents or peacekeeping forces, whether present or not, always remember that we are living together in the common home of Abyei, and together, we will bring peace to Abyei."

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