Delegates at the opening ceremony (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese and Indian defence ministries launched a joint military exercise for United Nations peacekeeping operations called VINBAX 2023 in Hanoi on December 11. Col. Aseem Gupta, head of the Indian army delegation, said the event focuses on deploying engineering and medical units to carry out the UN mission, thus promoting positive military cooperation between the two armies. The first event was held in India in 2018, and the second in Vietnam in 2019. Later, the 2022 edition in India was expanded and upgraded to a field exercise, as agreed by leaders of the two ministries. VINBAX is the only bilateral training activity between the Vietnamese army and a foreign partner in the field of UN peacekeeping operations./.

Source: Viet Nam News December 11, 2023 13:24 UTC