The Ministry of National Defence held a departure ceremony at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on September 22 to send off Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 7 and Engineering Unit Rotation 4 to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

The Ministry of National Defence on August 12 received a package of materials and equipment from the Australian Department of Defence to support the ministry's Viet Nam Department of Peacekeeping Operations.