A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Vu Trong Lam, deputy editor-in-chief of the Communist Review, paid a working visit to Cuba from February 9 to February 14. Between February 10 and February 12 the delegation participated in the first international meeting of political ideological magazines and newspapers of political parties, left-wing and progressive movements in Havana.
The Cuban Association of Journalists (UPEC) presented the Felix Elmusa Medal – the highest honour of the organisation - to journalist and translator Vu Van Au, a former staff of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), in recognition of his contributions to the popularisation of information on Cuba’s social life and achievements across fields.
The 90-year-old Au was honoured at a ceremony on February 13 to launch the Vietnamese - Spanish Dictionary compiled by himself, which is the first bilingual dictionary of this kind compiled and printed in Vietnam.
The purpose that, in perspective, Cuba will play an increasingly important role in supplying biotechnological products to Vietnam was expressed by Ambassador Orlando Hernandez Guillen in Hanoi on Friday.
The common desire to advance in that direction and the incessant development of Cuban biotechnology are elements that should enable us to achieve that goal, the diplomat stressed after signing a commercial contract between the Vietnamese group AMV and the Havana-based Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB).
A Vietnamese delegation led by deputy head of the National Assembly’s Committee for External Affairs Le Anh Tuan attended the fifth International Conference For World Balance in Havana on January 24-28. Themed “With all and for the good of all”, the event was one of the activities honouring Cuban national hero José Martí on the occasion of his 170th birth anniversary (January 28), with over 1,100 delegates from 87 countries globally taking part.
In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam (Paris Peace Accords), reached on January 27, 1973, the Deputy Head of Mission at the Cuban Embassy Joy Puentes has affirmed his country’s support for Vietnam under all circumstances, particularly the past Paris Agreement negotiations. He said Cuba always stood by Vietnam's side during the anti-US resistance war and the struggle for national liberation.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 1 extended their congratulations to First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on Cuba’s 64th National Day (January 1, 1959 - 2023).
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh cabled a message of congratulations to his Cuban counterpart Manuel Marrero Cruz; and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue sent his greetings to President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández.
On the occasion attending the 22nd Congress of the World Peace Council in Vietnam, Fernando Gonzalez Llort, a Member of the Cuban National Assembly, Hero of the Republic of Cuba, and President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples (ICAP), had a meeting with Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) on November 19, 2022.
This is Vietnam’s first time to host the World Peace Council, VUFO President Nguyen Phuong Nga told at the reception of Comrade Fernando Gonzalez Llort and the Cuban delegation.
Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan and visiting President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples (ICAP) Fernando González Llort agreed to increase people-to-people exchange and diplomacy during their meeting on November 14. Hoan highlighted the fruitful development of the special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries and between HCM City and Cuba in particular, especially after the exchange of high-level delegations.
National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ on Tuesday hosted a reception for Homero Acosta Álvarez, Secretary of the National Assembly of People’s Power and the Council of State of Cuba, who is on a working visit to Việt Nam.
Huệ appreciated the results of talks between Álvarez and Bùi Văn Cường, general secretary and chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly, that were held earlier the same day focusing on promoting cooperation between the two NA offices.
A delegation of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba (Parliament), headed by its secretary, Homero Acosta, arrived today in Vietnam for a five-day working visit.
The Cuban parliamentarians will hold official talks Tuesday with the secretary general and head of the Office of the Vietnamese legislative body, Bui Van, and a courtesy interview with leaders of the National Assembly of that Asian nation.
