Vietnam

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Tô Lâm and State President Lương Cường on December 31 extended their congratulations to the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on the occasion of Cuba’s 66th National Day (January 1, 1959 – 2025). Similar messages were also cabled by Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính to his Cuban counterpart Manuel Marrero Cruz, and by National Assembly Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn to President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández. The same day, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn also sent a message of congratulations to his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam’s upcoming state visit to Cuba aims to implement the foreign policy set forth at the 13th National Party Congress, reaffirming Vietnam's high regard for and desire to strengthen relations with traditional friends.

It will demonstrate the steadfast, loyal, and exemplary solidarity of the Party, State, and people of Vietnam with their Cuban counterparts, said Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and Chairman of the committee’s Commission for External Relations, in an interview granted to the press ahead of the visit. It will also affirm that the Party, State, and people of Vietnam wish to accompany and cooperate with Cuba to continuously solidify, promote and advance their traditional solidarity and special friendship, he added.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and President of Vietnam To Lam, his spouse, and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi on September 21 morning for a trip to attend the United Nations Summit of the Future and the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79), hold working sessions in the US, and later pay a state visit to Cuba.

The visit to Cuba will be made at the invitation of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Diaz Canel Bermudez and his spouse.

The upcoming visit to Cuba by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam, a great friend of the Cuban people, Party, and Government, is important and of great significance, stated Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolas Hernandez Guillen.

The visit is very special, as it will be the first by a top leader of the Party and State of Vietnam to Cuba, the diplomat told Vietnam News Agency on the threshold of the visit.