President of Vietnam Women Union (VWA), Ha Thi Nga, and the Head of the Cuban Mission, Lianys Torres Rivera, reviewed in Hanoi the state of cooperation between women organizations of both countries.
Thi Nga emphasized the special ties between Vietnam and Cuba and expressed her willingness to continue promoting binational relation during her tenure as Head of VWA.
Permanent vice president of Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA), Ho Quang Loi, recognized Cuba´s success in facing COVID-19 pandemic, even in the context of several difficulties caused by the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the island.
During a meeting in Hanoi with the Deputy Head of Mission, Nancy Coro Aguiar, to review bilateral cooperation, both representatives mentioned the experiences of each country in dealing with the new coronavirus and highlighted the role of press in this context.
The Embassy of Cuba in Vietnam held a fraternal meeting with the leaders of Duong Truong Son (Ho Chi Minh route) Association ,to schedule possible activities to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Vietnam-Cuba diplomatic relations .
At the fraternal meeting, held at the Association's headquarters in Hanoi, the participants highlighted Vietnamese veterans´ contribution to the preservation of ties between the two countries.
The first official Habanos store in the Vietnamese capital opened in a central neighborhood of Hanoi to offer local and foreign smokers several of the most prestigious Cuban cigar brands.
Habanos Specialist, the second establishment of this type inaugurated in Vietnam, is already selling Cohiba, Montecristo, Partagás, Romeo and Julieta, H. Upmann, and other kind of tobacco, in a place located in the cultural center of Hanoi, decorated to recreate the tradition of elaboration, conservation and consumption of the best cigars in the world.
With music and typical plates from each country, Vietnamese and Cubans said goodbye to the year 2019, and made a toast to the arrival of 2020, whose first day marks the 61st anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.
In this fraternal meeting held in a convention center of the Vietnamese capital, Cuban ambassador, Lianys Torres Rivera, mentioned the Cuba and Vietnam successes in 2019, and highlighted that the new year will be special, because both countries will have several celebrations to commemorate six decades of diplomatic relations.
Cuban ambassador to Vietnam, Lianys Torrres Rivera, visited in the Tay Ninh province the former headquarters of the Provisional Government of South Vietnam, and the place where the Cuban Embassy was settled in the middle of the Vietnamese jungle.
Torres Rivera visited the small cabin that hosted the Cuban Mission, in a place near the border with Cambodia, in the heart of the enemy territory and a few kilometers from the US bases.
The Embassy of Cuba attended a ceremony where the Labor Order, third degree, was conferred to the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital, an institution of the capital city that this year is half a century old.
Dang Thi Ngoc Tinh, vice president of the Indo-Chinese country, awarded the Hospital whit the Order, conferred by the Vietnamese State, in recognition of the work of aa hospital that has become a provincial reference center in the specialties of otolaryngology and dentistry.
The Minister of Justice of Cuba, Oscar Manuel Silvera Martínez, completed a working visit to Vietnam during which he met with State, Government, and judicial authorities of the Indochinese country.
In a meeting with the Prime Minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the Premier expressed to the Cuban visitor the will to continue promoting the exchange of delegations and integral cooperation between the two countries, especially within the legal field.
To the rhythm of classics of the Cuban pentagram such as Guantanamera, Negra Tomasa, and Chan Chan, hundreds of people enjoyed the Compay Segundo group´s first concert in the Vietnamese capital.
The Salsa Night Fever show brought the exclusivity of a symbol of traditional Cuban music to the multinational public who attended the Hanoi Youth Theater, including Vietnam fans, foreign tourists, Vietnamese graduated in Cuba, cooperators from the Caribbean country, and Cubans residents in this city.
A delegation of the General Customs of the Republic of Cuba (GCR), headed by its chief, Nelson Cordovés Reyes, fulfilled a work agenda in Vietnam between November 10 and 14.
The Cuban delegation exchanged with the General Director of the Vietnam General Department of Customs, Nguyen Van Can, about the state and prospects of cooperation between the two institutions, based on the Memorandum signed in 2013.
