Vietnam, Canada co-host UN Logistics Officer Course

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Peacekeeping Department on October 30opened the United Nations Logistics Officer Course 2023 co-chaired by Vietnamand Canada within the framework of the latter’s Military Training &Cooperation Programme (MTCP).

This is the second time Vietnam and Canada have co-hostedthis kind of course at the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department, also the secondinternational intensive training course on UN peacekeeping held in the country withthe coordination of Vietnam and Canada in the context of Vietnam's increasinglyextensive participation in UN peacekeeping activities.

Senior Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief ofGeneral Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, said that the course is a goodchance for lecturers and trainees of Vietnam and partner countries of the MTCPto meet and exchange experience in ensuring logistics at the UN peacekeepingmissions.

It sees the participation of six lecturers from Canada, andaround 40 trainees from Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia,Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Evaluating the course as a testament to the growingbilateral defence relationship between Vietnam and Canada, said Leigh McCumber, Politicaland Public Affairs Counselor of the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam, adding that inthe coming time, Canada and Vietnam will co-host two more courses: the UnitedNations Staff Officer Course and the Exercise Planning Course./.