Vietnam

First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, and President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel sent messages of condolences to the Vietnamese people in the wake of damage caused by recent storms.

Prensa Latina reports that the Cuban leaders expressed their concern upon hearing news of damages caused by the heavy rains and floods in Vietnam’s central provinces.

President of Vietnam Fatherland Front, Tran Thanh Man, and Ambassador of Cuba, Lianys Torres Rivera, echanged in Hanoi about the cooperation between that organization and its Cuban counterpart, the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR).

By mentioning the activities organized on the occasion of CDR 60th anniversary (9-28-20), Ambassador gave Thanh Man an invitation from CDR National Coordinator to join an online seminar to conmemorate that date.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. September 2, 2020. Invited by Ambassador Excma. Mrs. Doan Thi Huong, Cuban Ambassador Raúl Delgado Concepción participated this September 2nd, in the event held at the diplomatic mission of this sister country in Ulaanbaatar to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the independence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The Vietnamese revolution of August 1945 ended 80 years of colonial rule, abolished the monarchy, and reestablished Vietnam as an independent nation under the leadership of the undisputed historical leader Ho Chi Minh.

Cuba gaved a batch of national drug Interferon Alpha 2B to Vietnam, to support the Indochinese country's combat against the COVID-19 pandemic, in a ceremony chaired by Ambassador, Lianys Torres Rivera, and the member of the Communist Party Central Committee and Vietnam Deputy Minister of National Defense, Colonel General Nguyen Chi Vinh.

In the symbolic acceptance ceremony, the diplomat highlighted the application of Heberón, the drug's trade name, in COVID-19 patients, and its favorable effect on reducing the fatality rate among heavy cases.