Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Rogelio Polanco Fuentes bestowed the Medal of Friendship from Cuba’s Council of State on Nguyen Thanh Nghi, member of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for Policies and Strategies, during a ceremony in Hanoi on December 26.

VOV.VN - Outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Thanh Tung has been honoured with the country’s friendship medal in recognition of his contributions to the development of the strong and long-standing traditional relationship between both sides.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, empowered by the State President, on April 19 presented a Friendship Medal to Dr. Michael Parsons, a policy advisor to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), in honour of his contributions to the sustainable development of the environmental sector and the friendship between Vietnam and Australia.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President Xi Jinping of China on October 31 presented Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong of Vietnam with the Friendship Medal in recognition of his contributions to developing the Vietnam – China relations.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), on November 23 awarded the medal For Peace and Friendship among Nations to outgoing Mexican Ambassador Sara Valdes Bolano.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany held a ceremony in Berlin on June 10 to present Vietnam’s Friendship Order and Friendship Medal to two German friends in honour of their active contributions to strengthening solidarity, friendship and people-to-people exchange between the two peoples.

VN Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam, empowered by the State President, presented the Friendship Medal to Seiji Hagiwara, Governor of Mimasaka city in Okayama prefecture, in recognition of his contributions to the growth of the Vietnam-Japan friendship.