Hanoi, July 3 -- The Ministry of National Defence on July 3 held a ceremony to present decisions from the State President and the Minister of National Defence to three officers departing for United Nations peacekeeping duties at the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Notably, among the three officers, Lieutenant Colonel Luong Truong Vinh will assume the position of Senior Liaison Officer and Head of the Military Observers' Office within UNMISS. This is a new post and marks the first time a Vietnamese military officer has been entrusted by the United Nations with a senior-level position in a UN peacekeeping mission. Vinh, deputy head of the Field Affairs Division under the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations, has previously serv...