(VOVworld) – The Japanese government has presented the Order of the Rising Sun to To Huy Rua, Chairman of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentary Group, to honor his contributions to strengthening mutual understanding and friendship between Japanese and Vietnamese parliamentarians.

To Huy Rua, Chairman of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentary Group, was awarded Japan's Order of the Rising Sun. (Photo: VOV)

In a Thursday announcement, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that since Mr. Rua was elected as Chairman of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Parliamentary Group in 2011, he has greatly contributed to enhancing the diplomatic ties and understanding between the two countries through exchanges of deputies. Mr. Rua is also an honorary rector of the Vietnam-Japan University, and a former Politburo member and Head of the Party Central Committee’s Organization Commission.