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Vietnam–Cuba Friendship Association sent out a letter calls for donations to Cuban people 

The Vietnam – Cuba Friendship Association (VCFA) on August 17 sent out a letter calling for donations to Cuban people to help them overcome current difficulties.

The letter said the fraternal Cuban country and people are struggling against countless difficulties and challenges as they continue to be under a strict embargo amid COVID-19 pandemic, especially a recent oil storage facility fire incident at an industrial zone near Matanzas that seriously hit lives of the Cuban people.

Friendship Organizations of Vietnam express solidarity with Cuba

The president of the Union of Vietnam Friendship Organizations (VUFO) and ambassador, Nguyen Phuong Nga, affirmed that the people of Vietnam will always be side by side supporting the Cuban people.

Phuong Nga reaffirmed the position of the VUFO during a meeting with the Cuban ambassador, Orlando Hernandez, whom she visited to deliver a donation of one thousand euros from said organization to help compensate for the damage caused by the devastating fire that broke out weeks ago in the supertanker base in the province of Matanzas.

Cubans in Vietnam trust that Matanzas will overcome misfortune

Cubans living in Ho Chi Minh City and southern Vietnam expressed their confidence that Matanzas will overcome the misfortune caused by the fire at the supertanker base located in that city.

In a note issued today, the Cubans said they felt with deep sorrow the material and human damages caused by the fire of great proportions unleashed there more than 72 hours ago by a lightning strike on one of the gigantic crude oil deposits.

Vietnam-Cuba relations mural unveiled in Ho Chi Minh City

A mural painting alluding to Vietnam-Cuba relations was inaugurated in southern Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday, in the presence of local authorities, solidarity activists and Cuban diplomats. At the opening, Cuban Ambassador Orlando Hernandez Guillen extolled the values of the work, performed by professors and students from the University of Fine Arts of the largest Vietnamese city on the wall of the Consulate General of Cuba there.

Cuba's victory at Playa Giron remembered in Vietnam

Friends of Cuba in Vietnam celebrated in Hanoi the 61st anniversary of the Bay of Pigs victory in a ceremony where several books on the realities and friendship between the two countries were also presented.

Vo Hai Ha, president of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association (AAVC), highlighted the significance of that deed, which he described as the first great defeat of U.S. imperialism in the Western Hemisphere and the basis on which the Revolution would conceive its doctrine of "war of the whole people".

Education for next generation about Vietnam & Cuba's profound friendship needs promoting

Vice President - General Secretary of Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations Phan Anh Son received Cuban Deputy Head of Mission to Vietnam Joy Puentes Saldise, who came to pay a courtesy visit, in Hanoi on March 18.

Joy Puentes Saldise thanked VUFO's warm welcoming. According to the suggestions of the leaders of The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), the diplomat picked VUFO as one of the first agencies to pay a courtesy visit.

Cuban residents in Jamaica join the caravan condemning the blockade held against Cuba

Cuban residents in Jamaica join the caravan condemning the blockade held against Cuba

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 February 2022. Directors and members of the 'Antonio Maceo' Association of Cuban Residents in Jamaica and other members of the Cuban community joined a caravan of cars this Sunday morning in support of Cuba and against the inhumane economic, commercial and financial blockade maintained by the US government on the Greater Antilles.

Cuba grants eight medical scholarships to Yemeni students

Cuban and Yemeni flags

Riyadh, December 29th - Based on the cultural agreement in force between the Republic of Cuba and the Republic of Yemen, Cuban authorities decided to grant eight scholarships to Yemeni students to begin their medical studies on the Island, at the school year 2021-2022.

The scholarships were handled with the Department of Collaboration that Cuba Offers at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (MINCEX), through the agile coordination between the Embassy of Cuba in Saudi Arabia -with concurrence in Yemen- and his Yemeni counterpart.

Solidarity with Cuba in Guyana

President of the Guyana Cuban Solidarity Movement (GCSM), Halim Kahn said “When a country with a criminal embargo face more pressure with the combination of a pandemic it becomes harder on citizens who suffer more, we show solidarity with the people and government of Cuba.

Kahn said this worsening situation comes despite the enormous effort the country has made to produce vaccines with proven effectiveness against COVID-19.

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