Strengthening solidarity and special friendship between Vietnam and Cuba

Hanoi [Vietnam], April 20: Welcoming National Assembly President VuongDinh Hue and the delegation at the airport were: Vice President of the Cuban National Assembly Ana María Mari Machado; Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Party Central Committee Emilio LozadaGarcía; Yolanda Ferrer Gomez, Chairman of the Cuban National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee; representative of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Thanh Tung, some officials of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community and students who are studying and working in Cuba warmly welcomed the delegation at Cuba. airport.
The visit of National Assembly Chairman VuongDinh Hue took place on the occasion of the two countries celebrating many important events such as the 62nd anniversary of the victory over Giron Beach and the Declaration of the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution. 70 years of the Moncada barracks attack; commemorating the 60th anniversary of Cuba's establishment of the Committee for Solidarity with South Vietnam (the predecessor of the current Cuba - Vietnam Friendship Association); celebrates the 50th anniversary of leader Fidel Castro Ruz's first visit to Vietnam and to the Liberation Zone of South Vietnam.
It is expected that during his official visit to Cuba , National Assembly Chairman VuongDinh Hue will hold talks and meetings with senior leaders of the Cuban Party and State; signing a cooperation agreement between the National Assembly of the two countries; attend the special session of the X Cuban National Assembly, attend the 62nd Anniversary of the Giron Beach victory; attended political and artistic activities to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Cuban Committee for Solidarity with South Vietnam; attend Vietnam - Cuba Business Forum; visit the Embassy, meet the Vietnamese community in Cuba... The National Assembly President will witness the signing ceremony of cooperation agreements from ministries, branches and localities and attend a number of economic and cultural activities. , education.
The good relationship between the two peoples has been built by Cuban national hero Jose Martí, President Ho Chi Minh and President Fidel Castro and cultivated by generations of Cuban and Vietnamese leaders. Over the past 60 years, since the day the two countries established diplomatic relations, the two peoples of Vietnam and Cuba have always stood side by side in the struggle for independence and freedom as well as in the cause of construction and development. defend the Socialist Fatherland in each country. Although the world situation has many challenges and ups and downs, the traditional solidarity and special friendship between Vietnam and Cuba continues to be promoted and strengthened in a more practical and substantive manner.
National Assembly Chairman VuongDinh Hue's official visit to the Republic of Cuba is the highest-level visit of a Vietnamese leader to Cuba as well as to Latin America in 2023 up to this point, in order to implement the congress's foreign policy. the 13th national representative of the Party; was the first foreign senior leader to come to Cuba after Cuba held the General Election to elect a new National Assembly and important positions of the State according to the Constitution. The visit reaffirmed that Vietnam always attaches great importance to continuing to consolidate and strengthen the relationship of solidarity, special friendship, and exemplary loyalty between Vietnam and Cuba; promote cooperation between the National Assembly of the two countries and cooperate in the fields of strengths and needs of the two sides.
Source: ThanhNien Newspaper