Updated: 17 June, 2006
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Medals of Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) (Ed Emering) (Apr 03) |
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Viet Minh War Cross This is a very early and extremely rare Viet Minh War Cross modelled
on the Croix de Guerre. It was issued during the First Indochina War and
was soon hereafter obsolete. (Mar 03) (Ed Emering) |
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North Vietnam - Gen. Van Tien Dung has died aged 84 - Mr. Dung, who was officially appointed commander-in-chief in January of 1975, led the "Ho Chi Minh Campaign," a 55-day communist offensive that culminated in the fall of Saigon, capital of the then U.S.-backed South Vietnam, on April 30, 1975.(Mar 02) |
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The Liberation Order - This early version of the National Liberation Front (NLF or Viet Cong) Liberation Order was originally instituted on August 9, 1965 and is awarded to groups and individuals for outstanding performance in combat, production, official-business and to families separated by the struggle in the South. Click here for additional information on this award and other early Viet Minh and NVA medals (Ed Emering) |
JICA
official awarded Viet Nam's health medal Togawa
Masato, Senior Deputy Resident Representative of the Japanese International
Cooperation Agency (JICA), was awarded the "People's Health"
Medal of Viet Nam. During his three-year mission in Viet Nam, Masato
made contributions to important healthcare projects, including raising Bach
Mai Hospital's capacity, upgrading equipment for the Central Paediatrics
Hospital and Hue Central Hospital. vnagency.com.vn 27 Nov 03
JICA
official awarded Viet Nam's health medal Togawa
Masato, Senior Deputy Resident Representative of the Japanese International
Cooperation Agency (JICA), was awarded the "People's Health"
Medal of Viet Nam. During his three-year mission in Viet Nam, Masato
made contributions to important healthcare projects, including raising Bach
Mai Hospital's capacity, upgrading equipment for the Central Paediatrics
Hospital and Hue Central Hospital. vnagency.com.vn 27 Nov 03
JICA
official awarded Viet Nam's health medal Togawa
Masato, Senior Deputy Resident Representative of the Japanese International
Cooperation Agency (JICA), was awarded the "People's Health"
Medal of Viet Nam. During his three-year mission in Viet Nam, Masato
made contributions to important healthcare projects, including raising Bach
Mai Hospital's capacity, upgrading equipment for the Central Paediatrics
Hospital and Hue Central Hospital. vnagency.com.vn 27 Nov 03
JICA
official awarded Viet Nam's health medal Togawa
Masato, Senior Deputy Resident Representative of the Japanese International
Cooperation Agency (JICA), was awarded the "People's Health"
Medal of Viet Nam. During his three-year mission in Viet Nam, Masato
made contributions to important healthcare projects, including raising Bach
Mai Hospital's capacity, upgrading equipment for the Central Paediatrics
Hospital and Hue Central Hospital. vnagency.com.vn 27 Nov 03
Japanese professors presented with Friendship Medal The Vietnamese State has presented Friendship Medals to two Japanese scientists, Dr. Masanori Fujita and Dr. Shinsuke Tanabe, for their contributions to Viet Nam's education and training services. vnanet 25 Dec 03
People's Police Force receives Gold Star Order A ceremony to receive the Gold Star Order presented to the People’s Police Force by the Party and State was held in Hanoi, with the participation of member of the Political Bureau and the Party Central Committee Secretary Phan Dien. VOV 28 Dec 03
US citizen honoured Viet Nam's Friendship Medal American national Christopher Carpenter, former chief representative of the United Nations High Commission in Viet Nam, has been honoured with Viet Nam's Friendship Medal for his contributions to the country's poverty reduction programme. vnagency.com 23 Mar 04
WHO
official honoured with Viet Nam's Friendship Order The
World Health Organisation's representative in Viet Nam, Pascale Brudon, was
honoured with Viet Nam's Friendship Order in recognition of her
contributions to the Vietnamese people's health care. vnagency.com.vn
9 Apr 04
German
trade unionist honoured with Viet Nam's medal Erwin
Schweisshelm, an official of Germany's Fredrich Eberts Insitute (FES), was
honoured on Monday with Viet Nam's Trade Union Medal. The conferment
was made in recognition of his contributions to enhancing friendship and
cooperation between the international trade union and Viet Nam's trade
union. vnagency.com 20 Apr 04
Libyan
ambassador receives VUFO medal Salem
Ali Salem Dannah, Secretary of the People's Bureau of Libya, has been
awarded "For Peace and Friendship Between Nations Medal",
in recognition of his devotion to friendly and cooperative relations between
Viet Nam and Libya. The medal, the most notable reward
of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), was presented to
him by VUFO General Secretary Tran Dac Loi in Ha Noi. As Secretary of
the People’s Bureau or Libyan Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary to Viet Nam for 8 years, Salem Ali Salem Dannah has been
involved in the VUFO’s activities and actively participated in
charity activities launched by the Viet Nam Fatherland Front and the Viet
Nam Children Support Fund. vnagency.com.vn 23 Jun 04
Belgian
citizen honoured with Vietnamese medal Zenon
Kowal, Head of the Walloon-Bruxelles Delegation in Viet Nam, was presented
with the Vietnamese Medal for the Cause of Education. The distinction
was made in honour of Zenon's contributions to Viet Nam's education and
training service in the past four years. He contributed to the signing of a
cooperation agreement between the Association for the Promotion of Education
and Training abroad (APEFE) and the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and
Training on November 2 of 2002. He has helped carry out 21 education and
training-related projects, including those on the organisation of bilingual
classes, a cooperation project between the Ha Noi University of Foreign
Studies and the Mons-Hainaut, a project on business administration training
at some universities in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City, a law training project
in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City, and an IT training project in the Ha Noi
University of Technology. vnagency.com.vn 28 Jun 04
Danish
ambassador awarded agricultural sector's medal Danish
ambassador to Viet Nam H. Sorensen has been awarded the "For the
Cause of Agricultural and Rural Development" medal, in recognition
of his contributions to
German
woman presented with Vietnamese medal Chista
Randzio-Plath, President of the Marie Schlei Society, a German
non-governmental organisation, has been presented with the Vietnamese
medal for the cause of women's liberation.
Two French communists meet Gen. Giap and receive Unity medal Henri Martin and Raymonde Dien, members of the France-Viet Nam Friendship Society Central Committee, said it's a great honour for them to meet General Vo Nguyen Giap and be awarded a friendship medal during their visit to Viet Nam "For the cause of national great unity" by the Viet Nam Fatherland Front. More vnagency.com 1 Sep 04
Cuban
engineers honoured with medals The
Ministry of Transport and Communications presented Medals for the Cause
of Viet Nam's Transport to 35 Cuban engineers, who had participated in
the construction of Ho Chi Minh Highway. The Cuban engineers were awarded
for their creative labour and cooperation, which contributed to
strengthening the friendship and solidarity between the two countries.
Despite difficult terrain and severe weather hampering their working
conditions, they have fulfilled their tasks as consultants and supervisors
for the construction of more than 1,200 km of the highway (in the first
phase) over the past four years. The highway has been built along the Ho Chi
Minh Trail, linking the northern capital of Ha Noi with
Viet
Nam awards Japanese activist friendship medal The
President of the Japanese Peace Esperanto Association (JPEA), Mr. Hideo
Kumaki, was presented with the Vietnamese State's Friendship Medal
for half-a-century of devotion to friendship between the Japanese and
Vietnamese people. As an Esperanto professor and a member of the Japanese
Communist Party, Hideo Kumaki took part in the movement against the
Russian
diplomat honoured with Vietnamese medal The
Russian Ambassador to
German Expert Awarded Medal Hartmut Richard Gast, an expert from a German international development foundation (ZEL/DES/INWEnt) was awarded Vietnam's medal "For the Cause of Agriculture and Rural Development". Gast was director of the Vietnam-Germany co-operation programme on management of water, forest and land in Vietnam, which has been being carried out successfully since 1997. Apart from contributing to the success of the programme, Gast has especially helped train Vietnamese experts. vov.org.vn 2 Nov 04
HelpAge International receives Viet Nam's medal HelpAge International (HAI), an organisation for the elderly, has been presented with the medal "For the Cause of Emancipation of Women " for its contributions to Vietnamese women's advancement. The conferment was held in Ha Noi with the participation of Ha Thi Khiet, President of the Viet Nam Women's Union, Todd Petersen, chief executive of HAI. Since 1997, HAI has assisted the Viet Nam Women's Union in taking care of the elderly and in raising their living standard. Many clubs for the elderly, especially those for women whose children have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, have proved especially important in the development of the relationship between HAI and the Union. vnagency.com.vn 3 Nov 04
LG
Electronics Viet Nam Director General awarded education medal
The Ministry of Education and Training
presented a medal "For the Cause of Education" to Dae Ki
Cho, Director General of LG Electronics Viet Nam, in recognition of his
tremendous contributions to the education and training sector. Under Dae's
leadership, LG Electronics has actively participated in various social and
educational activities in
Vietnam Student Association awarded with Nat'l Medal The Vietnam Student Association recently was recently awarded the prestigious Ho Chi Minh Medal for its contribution to youth and student movements of the past and present. Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong signed a decision to grant the national medal to the association for organizing and motivating students nationwide to join movements for poverty and illiteracy alleviation and national defense. Notably, the association gathered masses of Vietnamese intellectuals to protest the domination of French colonialists and American invaders in Vietnam in the past. Currently, the association has 600,000 members in Vietnam and abroad. thanhniennews.com 12 May 05
RoK
Ambassador honoured with friendship medal
President
of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Vu Xuan Hong has
presented a "For Peace and Friendship between Nations" medal to
the outgoing Ambassador of the
Honours for public security forces after 60 years of serving Viet Nam The Party and State had awarded nine Gold Star Orders and 65 Orders of Ho Chi Minh while 577 public security force units and 287 individuals had been honoured as a Hero of the Armed Forces. Heads of foreign delegations were awarded the Order of Friendship by Vice President Truong My Hoa. The order was bestowed in recognition of the contribution of their countries to developing friendship with Viet Nam. Recipients were Sar Kheng and Samdech Norodom Sirivudh, deputy prime ministers and co-interior ministers for Cambodia; Carrlos Fernandez Gondin, of the Cuba Communist Party and first deputy interior minister; Thong Bane Seng A Phone, of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and State Security Minister and China’s Deputy Minister for State Security, Gao Yichen . Cuba’s interior minister, China’s ministers for State and Public Security and Cambodia’s Public Security director were similarly honoured. vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn 16 Aug 05
Viet Nam honours Hungarian friends The Vietnamese State has presented a Friendship Order to President of the Hungary-Viet Nam Friendship Association Szirmai Erno for his contributions to promoting friendly and cooperative ties between the two countries over the past decades. The Friendship Orders were also conferred on Heltai Tibor and Deri Miklos, who are members of the Presidium of the Hungary-Viet Nam Friendship Association (HVFA), during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Viet Nam-Hungary diplomatic ties held in Hungary on September 8. On this occasion, the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisations presented the Medal "For Peace and Friendship among Nations" to Megyeri Bela, who had contributed to strengthening friendship between the two peoples. vnagency.com.vn 9 Sep 05
Médaille de l'Amitié à un docteur allemand German doctor, Burkhard Fugmann, has been awarded the Vietnamese Medal of Friendship. Article in French. vnanet.vn 6 Sep 05
L'Ordre de l'Amitié de l'Etat vietnamien à un ministre cubain The Vietnam embasador to Cuba, Pham Tien Tu, has awarded the "Friendship Medal" to Cuban General Aberlardo Colome Ibarra for his contributions to relationships between the two countries. The Friendship Medal was also awarded to the Cuban Minister of the Interior, Carlos Fernandez Goldin. In French. vnagency.com.vn 8 Oct 05
Vietnamese translator gets Spanish medal Spain’s highest medal, the Civil Service Merit Cross, was given to Truong Dac Vî, the man who translated Spain’s famous book Don Quixote into Vietnamese in 1979. In recognition of his support of Spanish language and culture, King Juan Carlo I decided to give him the medal, awarded by the country’s ambassador to Viet Nam, Gonzalo Ortiz, yesterday in Ha Noi. vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn 15 Oct 05
French citizens get friendship orders for promoting relations Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Dinh Bin presented friendship orders and medals to 26 French citizens. The 14 orders and 12 medals were given as per a decision signed by President Tran Duc Luong. Seven of the orders were given to leaders and members of the France-Viet Nam Friendship Association (AAFV). Other AAFV members, a journalist, university lecturers and doctors were among those who received the 12 medals. vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn 20 Oct 05
German expert honoured with Friendship Medal CIM organisation volunteer Eva Hauser was last week awarded the Friendship Medal for her tireless contributions in the training of Vietnamese public employees. President of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisation, Vu Xuan Hong, presented the "For Peace and Friendship Among Nations" Medal to Hauser at a special ceremony in Ha Noi on October 21. Hauser and Germany’s CIM helped the National Administration Institute establish Viet Nam’s first training centre, educating public employees in international-standard information technology. vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn 24 Oct 05
Médaille d'amitié à deux Australiens dévoués à la santé du peuple vietnamien Ralp Parker and Mrs Tuyet Parker, co-presidents of the Vietnam Outreach-Australia have been awarded the Médaille d'amitié (Friendship Medal) for their contributions to the care and of sick Vietnamese. vnagency.com.vn 29 Nov 05
UNDP co-ordinator receives medal UN Resident Co-ordinator and UN Development Programme Resident Representative in Viet Nam Jordan Ryan has been honoured for his contributions to reducing the nation’s poverty rate. Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Hang on Friday presented Ryan with the medal for the Cause of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in appreciation for the UNDP’s help in lowering Viet Nam’s poverty rate to just above 8 per cent by the end of this year. vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn 5 Dec 05
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Medal awarded to anti-corruption fund founder Third-grade Labour Medal was presented to Do Tuong Linh, Deputy Chairman of HCM City’s District 5 Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, founder of the anti-corruption award. Linh was presented the medal for his excellent contribution to social activities for the past 18 years, including the establishment of an anti-corruption award with an award, worth VND10mil, presented to anybody who denounces corruption. english.vietnamnet.vn 28 Dec 05 |
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Lao Itsala Order honours VN’s National Assembly Lao National Assembly Chairman Samane Vignaket conferred his country’s first class Freedom Order (Itsala) on the Viet Nam National Assembly in honour of its 60th anniversary. Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Viet Nam National Chairman Nguyen Van An expressed deep gratitude for the honour and esteem of the Lao Party, State and people. An said the presentation confirmed the special friendly relationship between the two countries. vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn 11 Jan 06 |
Overseas Vietnamese in France honoured Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Dinh Bin on January 18 handed over Resistance War Medals and Certificates of Merit to 56 Vietnamese nationals who are residing in France. The presentation was made in recognition of their achievements during the anti-US resistance war as well as contributions to community development and national construction and defence. Of the awardees, three were presented with Resistance War Medals, first class; four with Resistance War Medals, second class; 26, Certificates of Merit by the Prime Minister; 16, Certificates of Merit by the Foreign Minister and five others, Certificates of Merit by the Committee for Overseas Vietnamese. nhandan.com.vn 19 Jan 06
Nun receives Hero of Labour State honour A nun, who has devoted her life to caring for leprosy patients at Di Linh Leprosy Camp, has been awarded the Hero of Labour State honour for her great contributions to the fight against the contagious disease and rehabilitating patients. The 65-year-old nun Mai Thi Mau, Chief of the Di Linh Leprosy Camp in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, was awarded the honour on the occasion of Viet Nam Physicians' Day on Feb. 27. She has served at the camp, regarded as the oldest leprosy village in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam, for 38 years. In 2001, nun Mau and the camp were also awarded the Labour Order, third class, by the State President. At present, there are more than 2,100 leprosy patients under treatment at the camp. vnagency.com.vn 28 Feb 06
Vietnam’s Friendship Medals presented to Russian citizens Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Nguyen Van Nganh handed over “Friendship Medals” awarded by the State President to eight Russian citizens, in recognition of their contributions to training Vietnamese officials and promoting friendly and cooperative ties between the two countries. These citizens, who are also members of the Russia-Viet Nam Friendship Association, had previously taken part in teaching Russian to hundreds of Vietnamese officials and students since 1954. nhandan.com.vn 8 Mar 06
Viet Nam honours Lao cryptographers The Viet Nam Governmental Cryptography Committee has presented the friendship decoration to 14 Lao cryptographers on the occasion of the committee's 60th anniversary. A ceremony to bestow three Friendship Orders and 11 Friendship Medals to the Lao cadres was held at the Vientiane-based Vietnamese Embassy on April 6 in the presence of Major General Chansamon Channhalat, Director of the General Political Department of the Lao People's Army and others. vnagency.com.vn 7 Apr 06
HCM City honours Canadian Consul General Canadian Consul General Sanjeev Chowdhury was presented with Ho Chi Minh City's highest award by the municipal People's Committee. The award was made in recognition of his significant contribution to the city's development. vnagency.comn.vn 11 Apr 06
Le Vietnam décerne la médaille d'agriculture à un scientifique australien Australian John Copland has been awarded the médaille d'agriculture (Agricultural Medal).for his work in agriculture in Vietnam. Dr. Copland was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2006. Article in French. vnanet.vn 26 Apr 06
Vietnamese Ambassador honoured with German medal Vietnamese Ambassador Chu Tuan Cap has been awarded a German medal in recognition of his contributions to bilateral Viet Nam-Germany relations. Empowered by President Host Koehler, German Ambassador to Viet Nam Weber Lortsch presented the medal to Cap, who is now Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan, at a ceremony in Ha Noi on May 3. During his ambassadorial term of office in Germany from 1994-1997, Cap made great contributions to building and strengthening friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries. This is the first time Germany has conferred such a medal on a Vietnamese diplomat. vnagency.com.vn 4 May 06
Laos honours Vietnamese diplomatic organisations and individuals Laos has presented a number of Vietnamese diplomatic organisations and individuals with orders and medals for their contributions to strengthening the special friendship between the two countries. Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavat presented Deputy Foreign Minister Le Cong Phung with Issara (Freedom) order, second class, and Do Ngoc Son, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)'s Department of Asia 2 with Issara order, third class. The MoFa's Departments of Asia 2, Personnel and ASEAN and the International Relations Institute were granted friendship orders, while orther organisaions were awarded friendship medals. vnagency.com.vn 20 May 06
Friendship medal presented to former Bulgarian ambassador According to the Vietnamese embassy in Bulgaria, under the authorisation of the State President, on May 22, Vietnamese ambassador to Bulgaria Pham Quoc Bao presented Gueorgui Mihov Bulgarian ambassador to Vietnam with the Friendship Medal. Mr Gueorgui Mihov expressed his sincere thank to the State and people of Vietnam for their assitance for his fulfillment of his task in Vietnam. He also said that the Friendship Medal was a distinguised prize for himself and a symbol for the friendly and traditional partnership and relations between the two countries. nhandan.com.vn 24 May 06
