(VNA) - Abdelkrim Hassani, late Honorary Chairman of the Algeria-Vietnam Friendship Association, has been posthumously awarded the Friendship Order by the Vietnamese State for his contributions to fostering the two nations’ friendship and cooperation.

At a ceremony in Algiers on Sunday, Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Do Trong Cuong recalled Abdelkrim’s important contributions to developing the Vietnam-Algeria relations since he took in the Honorary Chairman of the Algeria-Vietnam Friendship Association in 2001. Cuong said as a politician and a historian, Abdelkrim took advantage of every forum he participated in to introduce Vietnam to Algerian people, lobby for the association and boost the relations between the two countries.