Hanoi, July 21 -- The Embassy of Vietnam in Austria, in coordination with the Vietnam-Austria Friendship Association, on July 20 held a ceremony to present the Friendship Order of the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Peter Jankowitsch, Honorary President of the Austria-Vietnam Society and former Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, as well as to the society in recognition of their significant contributions to strengthening and developing friendship between the two peoples. Addressing the ceremony, Ambassador Vu Le Thai Hoang said the Friendship Order symbolises the Vietnamese State's recognition of Jankowitsch's more than six decades of unwavering dedication to fostering bilateral relations. The award, he added, also ref...