Members of the Consulate General of Cuba participated in the annual event of the Association of the Consular Corps Accredited in Toronto (CCAT) held on the evening of October 18th.
Nhan dan (People) newspaper of Vietnam is joining the first Granma–Rebelde international press festival in Havana, Cuba.
The October 17-20 event, bringing together more than 20 domestic and international media organisations, marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of Granma, the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party of Cuba, and Juventud Rebelde (Rebellious Youth) – the newspapers founded by Fidel Castro Ruz, Commander in Chief of the Cuban Revolution.
Ottawa - This Friday, October 17th, at the Southminster United Church, Cuban composer, director, and pianist José María Vitier offered the concert "Ibero-American Visions," within the framework of the celebrations for Hispanic Heritage Month in Canada and Cuban Culture Day.
The campaign to support Cuba launched by Vietnam's Red Cross Society officially concluded on Saturday, after surpassing the initial goal by 9.46 times and raising 615 billion dong (more than 23.346 million dollars). Highlighted by Nguyen Hai Anh, Vice President of the Vietnamese Red Cross Society, as one of the significant activities of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Year, the program became a “beautiful and moving story of humanity,” he said.
Upon speaking at the closing ceremony of the campaign, Hai Anh underscored that behind each donation, from the mountains to the cities, there are millions of stories of affection, gratitude, and nobility of the Vietnamese people, written with a single sentiment: Cuba and Vietnam will always be united under any circumstances.
Representatives from communist parties and left-wing movements appreciated Vietnam’s revolutionary theory closely linked with its development realities and the trends of the times at the 3rd International Meeting of Theoretical Publications of Left-wing Parties and Movements, held from October 16-18, in Cuba. Phan Xuan Thuy, Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation, led a delegation to attend the event where he shared some theoretical and practical issues related to the new era of development in Vietnam. During their participation in the meeting, the Vietnamese delegation held meetings with Politburo member, permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee, and head of the committee’s Organisation Commission Roberto Morales Ojeda, and some senior Cuban officials.