The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) presented the commemorative medal “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” to Bulgarian Ambassador to Vietnam Marinela Petkova at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 6, as she is finishing her tenure here.

Bulgarian ambassador Marinela Petkova (L) was awarded friendship medal in Hanoi on June 6 (Photo: VNA)

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) presented the commemorative medal “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” to Bulgarian Ambassador to Vietnam Marinela Petkova at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 6, as she is finishing her tenure here.

VUFO President, Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga said the honour is to recognise the Bulgarian diplomat's remarkable contributions to promoting the friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two peoples.

During Marinela Petkova’s tenure in Vietnam, the relations between the two countries have been reinforced and developed, with the diplomat having helped promote high-level political dialogues, support the implementation of Bulgaria's official aid programme to Vietnam, as well as sign cooperation agreements at central and local levels of the two countries.

For her part, Marinela Petkova expressed her pleasure at the honour and thanked the VUFO, Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga and Vietnamese friends for the support they gave her during her stay in Vietnam.

She pledged to continue working to reinforce and develop the friendship and cooperation between the two countries in any position./.

Long Pham / Vietnamplus