Vietnam and India’s engineers coordinate mine clearance to ensure peacekeeping forces


Engineer forces of Vietnam and India have coordinated together to practice clearing mines and explosives, ensuring safety for United Nations peacekeeping forces.

This is the main content of the exercise situation that the engineering forces of Vietnam and India have just organized training and demonstration. This content is within the framework of the Vietnam-India Bilateral Exercise on United Nations Peacekeeping in 2024 in India (VINBAX 2024). The situation is structured and staged based on assumptions, taking place at the United Nations AKOKA base.

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Source: Vietnam News


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