Vietnam has honoured three Bangladeshis with different awards for their contributions to promoting people-to-people relations between the Southeast Asian country and Bangladesh, especially introducing Bangladeshis to the life and career of Ho Chi Minh, a hero of Vietnam's liberation and former president.
Pooja Sengupta, artistic director at Turongomi Dance Theatre, was awarded the Friendship Medal by the president of Vietnam.
She is the writer, choreographer and artistic director of the artwork "Ho Chi Minh – A journey to explore the light within", a dance performance about Ho Chi Minh's life, staged in Dhaka in September 2019.
Mostafizur Rahman Faisal, professor and registrar at the Heritage University of Bangladesh, and KM Abdul Mozid, senior reporter at Dainik Arthoniteer Kagoj, were awarded the Certificates of Merit by the minister of foreign affairs of Vietnam.
Faisal translated the book "How Ho Chi Minh Wrote His Testament" into Bangla. Mozid translated the book "Ho Chi Minh Biography" into Bangla.
The president and the foreign minister of Vietnam authorised Ambassador of Vietnam to Bangladesh Pham Viet Chien to hand out the awards to the awardees on their behalf.
Speaking at a ceremony, the ambassador expressed his thanks to the awardees for their efforts as well as for sharing sincere thoughts and nice sentiments towards the Vietnamese nation, especially Ho Chi Minh.
He said the Communist Party, the state and the people of Vietnam always remember the support from Bangladeshis for the struggle for independence and peace, for national construction and development, and highly value the contributions of each Bangladeshi organization and individual.
The envoy hoped that the awardees would continue to do more excellent work to introduce not only the Vietnamese country and nation, and Ho Chi Minh to Bangladeshis, but also introduce Bangladesh and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the Vietnamese.
