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Helping out our friends A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft flew to Hanoi, Vietnam, to airlift the first group of Vietnam People's Army personnel and equipment to Juba in South Sudan in late-April 2022 The Vietnam People's Army personnel are the fourth rotation supporting the UN mission to South Sudan (UNMISS), where they provide a Role 2 field hospital. The Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, Ms Robyn Mudie, said Australia was proud to again support Vietnam conduct its relief in place for the UN mission in South Sudan. Australia and Vietnam share a commitment to global security and peacekeeping and the Australian Defence Force support for the Vietnamese mission contingent is a practical demonstration of our partnership. The RAAF C-17A Globemaster will transport the first group of personnel and equipment to Juba and return to Hanoi with those Vietnamese personnel deploying home from the mission. A second airlift will be conducted in May 2022 to transport the remaining Vietnamese military personnel deploying to South Sudan.
Above: Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, Ms Robyn Mudie, and Colonel Paul Foura, Australian Defence Force Attaché to Vietnam, farewell Vietnamese peacekeepers on board a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft in Hanoi, Vietnam, prior to them deploying to the United Nations mission in South Sudan. Below: President of Vietnam, Mr Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (centre), and Ms Robyn Mudie (centre right), Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, Left to right: Ms Caitlin Wiesen-Antin (white scarf), United Nations Acting Resident Coordinator for Vietnam; Senior General Phan Văn Giang, Vietnam’s Minister for National Defence; President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc; Ms Mudie. Defence images.
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