Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang has visited and presented gifts to Madeleine Riffaud, a French revolutionary and former journalist of the French newspaper L'Humanité and a close friend of the Vietnamese people, on the occasion of her 100th birthday. Born on August 23, 1924 in Paris, the young French Madeleine Riffaud joined the French Resistance front at the age of 18 under the pseudonym Rainer. As a war correspondent for the newspaper l'Humanité which speaks for the French Communist Party, she was present in the anti-American war in Vietnam. Her articles on the life and courageous struggles of the Vietnamese people in this war were published in France, attracting many peace-loving readers. Recognising Madeleine Riffaud's great contributions, the Government of Vietnam awarded her the Order of Resistance, first class, in 1984, and the Order of Friendship in 2004. Source: Vietnam News Agency