Army sends 80 soldiers to support and aid in Turkey

On February 10, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, Deputy Minister of National Defense, assigned the Rescue and Rescue Department, the General Staff Department to assume the prime responsibility for coordinating with agencies, units under the General Department of Logistics, the Border Guard Command, the Army Corps of Engineers urgently organized forces and vehicles to go on a mission.

It is expected that the force participating in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief of the Vietnam People’s Army will help Turkey , including: Collapse rescue team; team of professional dogs for search and rescue; medical army. Total estimated number of 80 officers and soldiers.

In addition, the Ministry of Defense is also expected to support the Turkish people with 10 tons of food, many modern equipment will also be mobilized, such as: a set of detectors for victims in the rubble, ball cup, millet. jacking, drilling and cutting concrete; emergency resuscitation equipment, medicine; field tents, military equipment for forces in cold weather from -5 to -10 degrees Celsius; with the dog force of the 24th Intermediate School/Border Guard Command.

Sending forces and means to help Turkey overcome the consequences of natural disasters is essential to affirm the position and responsibility of the Vietnamese Government in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the international community. economic. Many soldiers have experience participating in rescue missions in the international environment.

The Department of Rescue and Rescue was assigned to assume the prime responsibility for coordinating with relevant agencies and units to organize a force of vehicles to help Turkey overcome the consequences of the earthquake, ensuring efficiency and practicality in accordance with regulations for Turkey. foreign affairs of the State and the Ministry of Defense. Timely reflect humanitarian assistance and disaster relief activities of the Vietnam People’s Army in Turkey on domestic and foreign mass media. Prepare procedures, regimes and policies for the delegation in accordance with the regulations of the State and the Ministry of National Defense.

The General Department of Logistics – Ministry of National Defense was assigned to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant agencies and units inside and outside the army, to ensure well forces, means, equipment, logistics and technical assurance to ensure the safety of the military. perform tasks according to functions to ensure practical efficiency. Other agencies and units are assigned to inspect, review, and select professional officers and soldiers who are capable, qualified, and foreign languages ​​to meet the requirements of their tasks in accordance with the directives of the Ministry of National Defense; strictly manage the number of troops, the ideological situation, strictly abide by the foreign policy regulations of the State and the Ministry of National Defense.