Vietnam cuba relations

Vietnamese Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (L) and First Vice President of the Cuban Council of State Salvador Valdes Mesa hold talks in Havana on July 8 (Photo: VNA) Havana (VNA) – Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh and First Vice President of the Cuban Council of State Salvador Valdes Mesa held talks in Havana on July 8, discussing measures to continue enhancing the faithful solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries. Vice President Thinh, who is paying an official visit to Cuba from July 8 to 11, congratulated the Caribbean nation on the approval of the new constitution, affirming that Vietnam is ready to continue exchanging experience in national development and defence. She noted Vietnam always keeps in mind the pure solidarity, wholehearted support and valuable assistance Cuba has given to it.  She stressed that the Vietnamese Party, State and people consistently support the Cuban Revolution, along with the United Nations General … [Read more...] about Vice Presidents talk ways to reinforce Vietnam-Cuba relations

Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s visit to the newly-liberated region in central Quang Tri province in mid-September 1973 has become a symbol of fraternity between Vietnam and Cuba. (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s visit to the newly-liberated region in central Quang Tri province in mid-September 1973 has become a symbol of fraternity between Vietnam and Cuba. Then First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and Prime Minister Fidel Castro was the first foreign leader to visit the liberated zone in southern Vietnam, despite geographical distance and the dangers of the war at that time. Journalist Nguyen Duy Cuong, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association, said the Cuban leader’s trip helped encourage the Vietnamese army and people during the resistance war against the US, towards the victory on April 30, 1975. Cuong, who had studied and worked in Cuba for more than 15 years and once met … [Read more...] about Fidel Castro’s trip to Quang Tri: Symbol of Vietnam-Cuba solidarity

* Cuban hero Rodriguez’s paintings and poems displayed in Hanoi * Grand meeting in Cuba marks Fidel’s historic trip to Vietnam While visiting Vietnam earlier this year, Cuban Hero and President of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Fernando Gonzalez, affirmed that the Vietnam-Cuba relationship is a historic one that has been built based on the two sides’ efforts to overcome difficulties. Wishing to see the fierceness of the battlefield and the brave and indomitable fighting spirit of the Vietnamese people with his own eyes, President Fidel Castro, who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and the Commander-in-chief of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces at that time, paid a visit to the Quang Tri fire frontline. After his historic visit in September 1973, the Cuban leader took two more trips to Vietnam in 1995 and 2003. With the noble ideal of fighting imperialism for peace, national independence, democracy and progress … [Read more...] about An eternal symbol of Vietnam-Cuba faithful solidarity

Dong Thap (VNA) – The Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has significantly contributed to tightening the friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the Vietnamese and Cuban people, said a provincial official. Speaking at the association’s third congress in Cao Lanh city on August 27, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Doan Tan Buu urged the association to carry out more result-oriented activities to help enhance Vietnam-Cuba relations. Indira Lopez Arguelles, Cuban Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, said the solidarity and friendship between Vietnam and Cuba, which were cultivated by Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro, have become invaluable cultural and spiritual values of the two countries. Vietnam is one of the countries Cuba is approaching while seeking new economic models, she said, noting that Cuba is ready to continue its assistance to Vietnam in education and healthcare. The … [Read more...] about Association contributes to fostering Vietnam-Cuba relations