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During his working visit to Cuba, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung attended a ceremony in Mayabeque province on December 2 to mark the 65th founding anniversary of diplomatic relations between Cuba and Vietnam, organised by the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee. 

In his speech, Dung recalled key milestones in Vietnam–Cuba relations, noting that Cuba was the first country in the Western Hemisphere to establish full diplomatic ties with Vietnam, and that President Fidel Castro was the first and only foreign head of state to visit the liberated zone in southern Vietnam in 1973. He also highlighted active bilateral cooperation and mutual support in agriculture, healthcare, education and training, digital transformation, and judicial reform.

Cuba present at Pope Leo XIV's mass in Beirut

Pope Leo XIV bids farewell to Lebanon with a mass attended by more than 150,000 faithful on the Beirut seafront, attended by Ambassador Jorge P. León Cruz and the head of consular affairs, Mayra Nieves Escobar, who, as part of the invited diplomatic corps, received a personal greeting upon arrival from the President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, the President of Parliament, Nabih Berri, and the Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam.