{{Infobox military award |name= Friendship Order<br>''Huân chương Hữu nghị'' |image=<br>100px |caption= |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 |firstawarded= |lastawarded= |total_awarded= |total_awarded_posthumously= |total_recipients= |higher=Bravery Order |lower= none |image2= |caption2= }}
The '''Friendship Order''' ({{langx|vi|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."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moj.gov.vn/Pages/home.aspx|title=Cổng thông tin điện tử Bộ Tư pháp|website=moj.gov.vn|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
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== * Saber Hossain Chowdhury<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saber receives Vietnam's 'Friendship Order'|url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/283998/Saber-receives-Vietnam’s-‘Friendship-Order’|access-date=2020-10-23|website=Daily Sun|language=en}}</ref> *Vojtěch Filip, chairman of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/filip-lobboval-za-nemocnici-ve-vietnamu-jeho-poradce-mel-slibene-miliony-125244|title=Filip lobboval za nemocnici ve Vietnamu. Jeho poradce měl slíbené miliony - Seznam Zprávy}}</ref> *Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, 2003<ref>{{Cite web |title=Бульдозеры, колесные погрузчики и другая спецтехника - ЧТЗ-УРАЛТРАК - Челябинский Тракторный Завод (ЧТЗ) |url=http://chtz-uraltrac.ru/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=chtz-uraltrac.ru}}</ref> * Carlo Urbani, Italian Doctor, 2003, for identifying severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and issuing an early warning to the World Health Organization <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nld.com.vn/thoi-su-trong-nuoc/kiem-soat-sars-tai-3-san-bay-quoc-te-va-2-cua-khau-bien-gioi-trang-bi-6-may-cam-ung-do-than-nhiet-hien-dai-76399.htm|title = 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|date = 10 May 2003}}</ref> *Asian Institute of Technology, 2006<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-12-18|title=Vietnam bestows highest international relations honor to AIT|url=https://www.ait.ac.th/2006/12/vietnam-bestows-highest-international-relations-honor-to-ait-2/|access-date=2020-10-23|website=Asian Institute of Technology|language=en-US}}</ref> *Subinay Nandy, Deputy Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2007 * Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov (25 July 2009) *Victor Sumsky, Russian orientalist, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last1=MGIMO |first1=MGIMO |title=Victor Sumsky |url=https://english.mgimo.ru/people/sumsky |website=english.mgimo.ru |publisher=MGIMO |access-date=18 January 2025}}</ref> *Dr Joël Leroy, Surgeon, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-03-17|title=Dr Joël Leroy awarded 'Vietnam Friendship Order'|url=http://english.vovplus.vn/content/MTk2MzYw.vov|access-date=2020-10-23|website=VOV - VOV Online Newspaper|archive-date=2024-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119020622/http://english.vovplus.vn/content/MTk2MzYw.vov|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Coach Park Hang-seo, 2018<ref>{{Cite web |last=VnExpress |title=Thủ tướng trao huân chương cho thầy trò Park Hang Seo |url=https://vnexpress.net/thu-tuong-trao-huan-chuong-cho-thay-tro-park-hang-seo-3857908.html |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=vnexpress.net |language=vi}}</ref> * Chinese Ambassador Hong Xiaoyong, 2018<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-02-14|title=Chinese Ambassador honored with Vietnam's Friendship Order|url=https://www.vietnambreakingnews.com/2018/02/chinese-ambassador-honored-with-vietnams-friendship-order/|access-date=2020-10-23|website=VietNam Breaking News|language=en-US}}</ref> * Italian Ambassador Cecilia Piccioni, 2018 * German journalist Hellmut Kapfenberger, 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vietnam's Friendship Order presented to German journalist|url=https://en.nhandan.com.vn/politics/external-relations/item/5717602-vietnam%E2%80%99s-friendship-order-presented-to-german-journalist.html|access-date=2020-10-23|website=en.nhandan.com.vn|language=en|archive-date=2020-06-25|archive-url=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|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu (2 December 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Việt Nam- Nga nhất trí thúc đẩy hợp tác quốc phòng nhân chuyến thăm của Chủ tịch nước|url=https://vov.vn/chinh-tri/viet-nam-nga-nhat-tri-thuc-day-hop-tac-quoc-phong-nhan-chuyen-tham-cua-chu-tich-nuoc-908935.vov}}</ref> *John Paul Pullicino, [https://www.vietnamplus.vn/photo-hoi-nghi-tong-ket-cong-tac-ngoai-giao-vaccine-post833253.vnp 2022]
== See also == * Vietnam awards and decorations
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Recipients of the Friendship Order Category:Order of Friendship Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Vietnam Category:Military awards and decorations of Vietnam Category:Awards established in 2003 Category:2003 establishments in Vietnam