The Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education has presented certificates of merit to 30 collectives, including the World News Department of the Vietnam News Agency, and 16 individuals for their outstanding performance in the external information service and communications about seas, islands, and land border.

Fifty foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Vietnam have received the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO)'s certificate of merit for their active contributions during 2020.

VOV.VN - Park Hang-seo, chief coach of the national football squad, has been granted Vietnam’s Labour Order, becoming the first coach in the history of Vietnamese football to reeive the honor.