The Friendship Order ( vi, Huân chương Hữu nghị) is a

service award A Service award was awarded by a country to a soldier or civilian for long service. It is comparable to a service medal but can be awarded to civilians as well as soldiers. Germany Kingdom of Bavaria * Königliches Ludwigsorden for 50 years' ser ...

conferred by the

Government of Vietnam The Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (), also known as the Vietnamese Government or the Government of Vietnam (), is the executive branch and body of the State administration of Vietnam. The members of the Government are appoi ...

for "foreigners and on collectives of foreigners that have made great contributions to building, consolidating and developing the friendship between Vietnam and other countries in the world." 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.

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* Coach

Park Hang-seo Park Hang-seo ( Hangul: 박항서; born 1 October 1957) is a South Korean football manager and former player who currently serves as the head coach of the Vietnam national team. He is credited for the rise of Vietnam national team's perform ...

, 2018 * Chinese Ambassador Hong Xiaoyong, 2018 * Italian Ambassador Cecilia Piccioni, 2018 *Dr Joël Leroy, Surgeon, 2017 * Saber Hossain Chowdhury *

Asian Institute of Technology The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), founded in 1959, is an international organization for higher education situated 40km north of Bangkok, Thailand. It specializes in engineering, advanced technologies, sustainable development, and manage ...

* German journalist Hellmut Kapfenberger *Subinay Nandy, Deputy Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2007 * Vojtěch Filip, chairman of the

Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia ( cs, Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy, KSČM) is a communist party in the Czech Republic. As of 2021, KSČM has a membership of 28,715, and is a member party of The Left in the European Parliament ...

Carlo Urbani Carlo Urbani (; 19 October 1956 – 29 March 2003) was an Italian physician and microbiologist and the first to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) as probably a new and dangerously contagious viral disease, and his early warn ...

, Italian Doctor, 2003 for his firstly identified severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and his early warning to the World Health Organization

References

{{reflist Orders, decorations, and medals of Vietnam Military awards and decorations of Vietnam Awards established in 2003 2003 establishments in Vietnam

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