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Mr. Phan anh Son, VUFO Vice President, Director General of PACCOM confers Friendship medal on Mr. Brian Edwin Teel

On December 26 in Hanoi, the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organization (VUFO) held a ceremony on conferring the medal “For peace and friendship among nations” to Mr. Brian Edwin Teel, Senior Vice President, Director of Resource Development, former Country Director of Resource Exchange International (REI) in Vietnam.

At the ceremony, Mr. Phan anh Son, VUFO Vice President, Director General of PACCOM said: established in 1993 in Colorado, USA, REI-VN has been constantly supporting training and encouraging Vietnamese talents. For 20 years taking the position of REI-VN’s leader (from January 1999 to December 2018), Mr. Brian Edwin Teel has made great contribution to the development of Vietnam’s health and education sector.

Thanks to Mr. Brian and REI-VN, hundreds of thousands of hospital leaders, doctors, nurses, students and young lecturers have been trained in otolaryngology, orthopedic surgery, heart surgery and pediatric surgery. He is also actively campaigning for donors to donate medical equipment with the value of hundreds of millions US dollars for hospital in Vietnam and present numerous books for medical teaching.

On behalf of VUFO, Mr. Phan Anh Son expressed gratefulness for strenuous efforts of Mr. Brian Edwin Teel as well as REI-VN for Vietnam, hopeful that in his new position, Mr. Brian Edwin Teel will continue his valuable support to Vietnam in the coming years.

For his part, Mr. Brian Edwin Teel showed his emotion to receive Friendship medal from VUFO. He said that no matter where and in what position, his heart will always be for Vietnam.