Vietnam

Sep

20

2024

Vietnam, Cuba see potential for trade growth

The state visit to Cuba by Party General Secretary and State President To Lam next week is expected to further strengthen the two countries’ bilateral relationship, fostering their sustainable trade development.

Cuba was the first Latin American country to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam in 1960. In the period before 2019, bilateral trade grew at more than 20% a year. According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, their bilateral trade reached 155.5 million USD last year, with Vietnam's exports to Cuba accounting for the entire amount and no imports from Cuba to Vietnam recorded. In the first eight months of 2024, bilateral trade reached 134.7 million USD, up 187% year-on-year. Of this, Vietnam’s exports were valued at 133.36 million USD and imports 1.33 million USD.

Sep

19

2024

Top leader receives Cuban ambassador

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam hosted a reception for Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolas Hernandez Guillen in Hanoi on September 19. The top leader asked the ambassador to convey his thanks to First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez for Cuba’s readiness to dispatch experts and doctors to Vietnam, helping the country deal with the devastating consequences of Typhoon Yagi.

Lam noted with pleasure the fruitful developments of the bilateral relations, and affirmed that Vietnam consistently treasures the solidarity and special solidarity between the two Parties, countries, and peoples.

Sep

14

2024

Cuban foreign minister spotlights special relations with Vietnam

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla has reasserted the solidarity, special friendship, and fraternal bond between the peoples of Cuba and Vietnam while receiving Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Quang Long. At their meeting on September 13, Bruno Rodríguez highlighted the strong bilateral political exchange at the highest leadership level.

He once again extended his condolences to the Vietnamese people on the passing of late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who made significant contributions to the bilateral relations.

Sep

11

2024

Vietnamese, Cuban lawyers foster cooperation

The Vietnam Bar Federation (VBF) and the National Organisation of Collective Law Firms (ONBC) of Cuba signed an agreement to expand their legal cooperation at a ceremony in Havana on September 10.

Addressing the ceremony, ONBC President Lilia María Hernández Doejo thanked her Vietnamese colleagues for sharing valuable experience in the legal field. She expressed the solidarity of Cuban people with Vietnamese people over great human and material losses caused by Typhoon Yagi.

Sep

10

2024

Cuban leaders extend condolences to Vietnam over losses caused by typhoon

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has cabled his deepest condolences to the Party, Government and people of Vietnam over human and property losses caused by super typhoon Yagi.

Through his X account, the President conveyed all the solidarity of the Caribbean nation to the Southeast Asian country in these difficult times.

President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández also expressed his condolences to the families of victims.

Sep

08

2024

VOV signs new cooperation agreement with Cuban partner

Deputy General Director of Radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) Pham Manh Hung and President of the Cuban Institute of Information and Social Communication (ICS) Alfonso Noya Martínez signed a new bilateral cooperation agreement, as part of the Vietnamese official's working trip to Cuba from September 4-7.

At their earlier talks, the two officials affirmed the importance of enhancing cooperation in the free-of-charge exchange of news, information, digital content, and radio and television programmes relating to culture, history, music and tourism. It is set to broaden and deepen the mutual understanding, friendship, and knowledge between the people of Vietnam and Cuba.

Sep

06

2024

Da Nang looks to boosting cooperation with Cuban localities

Chairman of the Da Nang municipal People’s Committee Le Trung Chinh had a working session with Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Hernández Guillén in the central coastal city on September 6.

Expressing his delight at the sound growth of the Vietnam-Cuba traditional friendship, Chinh said that Da Nang always values the development of its multifaceted cooperation with Cuban localities with appreciation for support given by the Cuban Party, State, and people for Vietnam in many periods.

Sep

04

2024

Cuba newspaper heaps praise on President Ho Chi Minh

The Granma daily, the newspaper of the Communist Party of Cuba, recently published an article on great contributions of President Ho Chi Minh to the national liberation cause of Vietnam and the world, on the occasion of 55th anniversary of his testament (September 2, 1969-2024).

The article “Ho Chi Minh with an open heart” started with quotations from a poem by Cuban great poet Nicolas Guillen (1902-1989) about President Ho Chi Minh, describing the Vietnamese leader as a man with an open heart.

Sep

02

2024

Cuban leaders congratulate Vietnam on 79th National Day

On the occasion of the 79th National Day of Vietnam (September 2, 1945 - 2024), leaders of Cuba have sent congratulations to Vietnam's Party and State leaders.

In his congratulatory message Vietnam's top leader To Lam, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez affirmed that Vietnam's victories over colonialism and imperialism created a legacy that all of humanity admired and this has been confirmed by the undeniable successes under the leadership of the CPV in the Doi moi (renewal) process.

Aug

23

2024

Friendship exchange in Hai Duong celebrates Cuba’s Moncada Barracks attack

A friendship exchange was held in Hai Duong city in the northern province of the same name to celebrate the 71th anniversary of the Attack on Moncada Barracks (July 26, 1953 - 2024). The event was organised by the the Cuban Embassy in Vietnam, the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Hai Duong provincial People's Committee.

At the event, participants reviewed the attack and its historical significance. The attack by young Cuban patriots led by Fidel Castro, the great leader of Cuba, opened up a new stage of development in the Cuban revolution. It brought the just struggle of the Cuban people to victory on January 1, 1959, marking a milestone in the country’s history.

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