From August 7-12, a delegation of the Communist Party of Việt Nam, led by Vũ Hải Hà, Party Central Committee member and Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on National Defence, Security and External Relations, attended the 24th International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP) and the first international conference on Fidel: Legacy and Future in Havana.
A 24-volume Spanish-language collection titled Selected Works of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz has been unveiled ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Cuban revolutionary's birth on August 13. Castro is remembered as an outstanding leader of the Cuban Revolution and a close friend and steadfast comrade of the Party, State and people of Việt Nam. The National Political Publishing House, in coordination with the Party Central Committee's Commission for Information and Education, announced the new collection at a launch in Hà Nội.
A special ceremony was held on July 10th at the Vietnam Military History Museum to honor six Cuban military officers who lost their lives in a US bombing raid in Hanoi 60 years ago. The event also marked the official launch of a new Spanish-language book documenting six decades of close defense cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba. Cuban Ambassador Rogelio Polanco Fuentes and senior Vietnamese defense officials attended the ceremony to unveil the historic volume.
Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, Le Hoai Trung, paid an official visit to Cuba from June 20 to 22 as the special envoy of Party General Secretary and President To Lam. The purpose of the visit was to inform the Communist Party of Cuba of the outcomes of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam and to strengthen cooperation between the two Parties and countries. During his stay, Le Hoai Trung met with First Secretary and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, and held talks with Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla.
The Union of Friendship Organizations of Vietnam and the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association issued a message of support for the Cuban people, expressing deep concern over recent legal measures, sanctions, and restrictions imposed by the United States. These include Executive Order 14404 of May 1, 2026, the criminal indictment against Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, and actions targeting President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, relatives of Cuban leaders, and various institutions and companies in the country.
Ambassador Do Hung Viet, head of Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, urged member states of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to uphold the spirit of unity and to firmly raise their voices against the blockade and sanctions imposed on Cuba, in defense of the organization's founding principles. His remarks were delivered during the NAM meeting held on May 27 in New York, United States. The Vietnamese ambassador expressed Vietnam's deep solidarity with the challenges facing the Cuban people. He emphasized that unilateral coercive measures have exacerbated Cuba's economic and social difficulties amid increasing international pressure.
Spokeswoman of the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs Phạm Thu Hằng on May 22 expressed Vietnam's reaction to the indictment issued by the US Department of Justice against Cuban General Raúl Castro. Answering a reporter's question regarding Vietnam's response to the move, Hằng stated: "Vietnam is deeply concerned about the judicial measure taken by the US Department of Justice in issuing a criminal indictment against Raúl Castro, former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and former President of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba."
The Sự Thật National Political Publishing House of Việt Nam and Cuba’s Fidel Castro Ruz Centre have reached an agreement to jointly publish Obras Escogidas (Selected Works) by Fidel Castro, marking a significant effort to preserve and promote the Cuban leader’s ideological legacy while deepening bilateral ties. The agreement was discussed during talks in Hà Nội on Wednesday, as part of a working visit to Việt Nam by a Cuban delegation from May 18–22, led by Dr. Réne González Barrios, Director of the Fidel Castro Ruz Centre.
On March 19, at a reception in Hanoi for Cuban Ambassador Rogelio Polanco Fuentes, Politburo member and Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation Trinh Van Quyet affirmed that the Party, State, and people of Vietnam always attach importance to and seek to strengthen its special friendship with Cuba. He highlighted that the bilateral ties, forged through shared revolutionary struggles, have continued to grow in both countries’ national development and defence, becoming a rare and exemplary model in international relations. Vietnam takes pride in this loyal relationship and is determined to further promote its legacy and cooperation achievements, he added.
