title: Order of Vanuatu
text: # Order of Vanuatu
  
  The Order of Vanuatu has four grades.
  
  * "Badge of Honour".
  * "Badge of Distinction".
  * The "Vanuatu Distinguished Service Medal".
  * The "Vanuatu Meritorious Service Medal".
  
  Every grade in this order has another ribbon, each in the colours red-green-yellow and black.
  
  The New Hebrides, a French-British condominium became independent in 1980. In 1988 the government of Vanuatu founded a single order of merit.
  
  