Vietnam

Deputy Head of the Commission for External Affairs of Vietnam Communist  Party Central Committe, Nguyen Huy Tang, and Ambassador of Cuba to Vietnam, Lianys Torres Rivera,  ratified the excellent state of both countries´ political relations during a meeting in Hanoi.

The Vietnamese official highlighted the brotherhood and historical solidarity between the two countries, and especially the ties of cooperation and the fluid exchange between Cuba and Vietnam Communist Parties.

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 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.

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.