Deputy Prime Minister and ForeignMinister Pham Gia Khiem presented the award to RoK Ambassador toVietnam Im Hong Jae at a ceremony organised in the capital city ofHanoi on March 5.
Khiem said that the Vietnamese State , Government and Foreign Ministry,through this award, express their deep gratitude and admiration for theambassador’s sincere and effective contributions to enhancing mutualunderstanding, trust, and friendship between the two countries’ people.
Ambassador Im also helped promote and expand cooperation in a widerange of fields between Vietnam and the RoK, lifting their bilateralrelationship to the level of “strategic cooperative partnership.”
The RoK diplomat thanked the Vietnamese State and people for the award,calling it his greatest honour during his term of office in thecountry. He promised to continue nurturing friendship between their twopeoples as well as the RoK-Vietnam strategic cooperative partnership.
Following the ceremony, Deputy PM Khiem received Ambassador Im Hong Jae./.