Friendship Order Explained

Friendship Order Huân chương Hữu nghị
Presenter:	the Government of Vietnam
Status:	Currently awarded
Type:	Single-grade order
Eligibility:	Foreigners
Awarded For:	Foreigners and collectives of foreigners that have made great contributions to building, consolidating and developing the friendship between Vietnam and other countries in the world.
Established:	26 November 2003
Higher:	Bravery Order
Lower:	none

The Friendship Order (Vietnamese: Huân chương Hữu nghị) is a service award conferred by the Government of Vietnam for "foreigners and on collectives of foreigners who have made great contributions to building, consolidating and developing the friendship between Vietnam and other countries in the world."^[1]

The Friendship Order shall be conferred or posthumously conferred on foreigners and foreign organizations meet the following criteria:

• A spirit of solidarity and friendship, mutual respect for sovereignty, laws and customs of Vietnam.
• There are important contributions to the construction and economic development - social, security and defense of Vietnam, has many merits in strengthening and developing relations of friendship and good cooperation on the politics, economics, defense, security, diplomatic, scientific, technological, environmental protection, culture and society between Vietnam and other countries and regional and inter-regional foreign institutions, international organizations.

Recipients

• Coach Park Hang-seo, 2018^[2]
• Chinese Ambassador Hong Xiaoyong, 2018^[3]
• Italian Ambassador Cecilia Piccioni, 2018
• Dr Joël Leroy, Surgeon, 2017^[4]
• Saber Hossain Chowdhury^[5]
• Asian Institute of Technology^[6]
• Sergey Lavrov (25 July 2009)
• German journalist Hellmut Kapfenberger^[7]
• Subinay Nandy, Deputy Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2007
• Vojtěch Filip, chairman of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia^[8]
• Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, 2003^[9]
• Carlo Urbani, Italian Doctor, 2003, for identifying severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and issuing an early warning to the World Health Organization ^[10]

See also

• Vietnam awards and decorations

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cổng thông tin điện tử Bộ Tư pháp. moj.gov.vn. 2020-01-24.
2. Web site: VnExpress . Thủ tướng trao huân chương cho thầy trò Park Hang Seo . 2022-12-07 . vnexpress.net . vi.
3. Web site: 2018-02-14. Chinese Ambassador honored with Vietnam's Friendship Order. 2020-10-23. VietNam Breaking News. en-US.
4. Web site: 2017-03-17. Dr Joël Leroy awarded 'Vietnam Friendship Order'. 2020-10-23. VOV - VOV Online Newspaper. 2024-01-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20240119020622/http://english.vovplus.vn/content/MTk2MzYw.vov. dead.
5. Web site: Saber receives Vietnam's 'Friendship Order'. 2020-10-23. Daily Sun. en.
6. Web site: 2006-12-18. Vietnam bestows highest international relations honor to AIT. 2020-10-23. Asian Institute of Technology. en-US.
7. Web site: Vietnam's Friendship Order presented to German journalist. 2020-10-23. en.nhandan.com.vn. en. 2020-06-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20200625010608/https://en.nhandan.com.vn/politics/external-relations/item/5717602-vietnam%E2%80%99s-friendship-order-presented-to-german-journalist.html. dead.
8. Web site: Filip lobboval za nemocnici ve Vietnamu. Jeho poradce měl slíbené miliony - Seznam Zprávy.
9. Web site: Бульдозеры, колесные погрузчики и другая спецтехника - ЧТЗ-УРАЛТРАК - Челябинский Тракторный Завод (ЧТЗ) . 2023-08-04 . chtz-uraltrac.ru.
10. Web site: Kiểm soát SARS tại 3 sân bay quốc tế và 2 cửa khẩu biên giới: Trang bị 6 máy cảm ứng đo thân nhiệt hiện đại. 10 May 2003.