Late Party chief respected by international community: Cuban diplomat
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has won the respect and admiration of people worldwide, said Joy Puentes Saldise, Charge d'affaires a.i of the Cuban Embassy in Vietnam. The late Party chief has left over a valuable ideological and theoretical system on the Vietnamese revolution in the new era, contributing to strengthening national solidarity, enhancing the country’s progress, creating motivation for the Vietnamese people, the diplomat said in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).
Puentes Saldise said the Party chief’s passing is a huge loss to not only socialist countries but also the world, calling him “a great leader, a great man, and a great example”.
VNA further intensifies cooperation with Cuban partners
A delegation of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) led by Deputy General Director Nguyen Tuan Hung visited Cuba from July 28 to August 3 to further enhance the traditional friendship and cooperation with large press agencies of the Caribbean nation. Visiting the headquarters and many establishments of Prensa Latina (Latin American News Agency) in Havana, Hung highlighted the two news agencies’ practical cooperation results over the past more than 60 years of their countries’ close-knit fraternity.
They are implementing the cooperation agreement for 2023 - 2028 through various activities, including sharing daily news in different languages such as English, French, and Spanish and exchanging language editors.
Cuban leader congratulates Party General Secretary To Lam
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez has congratulated President To Lam on his election as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee.
The Cuban leader wrote on his personal web page on August 3 that he offers sincere and warmest congratulations to Comrade To Lam, who is elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. “We affirm our firm will in continuing to deepen the close relationship between the two Parties and our people,” he said.
Streamline e-newspapers in Cuba like Granma, CAN, Prensa Latina (PL) and Cubadebate all quoted in full text the congratulations of the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba.
Vietnam always stands side by side with Cuba in all circumstances: President
President To Lam on June 24 affirmed that Vietnam always stands side by side with Cuba in all circumstances while he received Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolas Hernandez Guillen in Hanoi. During the reception, Lam said that the Party, State and Government of Vietnam value the special traditional relationship with Cuba as both a comrade and a brother.
Lam expressed his delight to see that the two countries’ growing relations, with strong and comprehensive developments in the complex world situation.
Vietnam advocate removal of Cuba from list of terrorist states
Vietnam supports the call made by the international community to the United States to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Pham Thu Hang said in a press conference.
The spokeswoman responded to a question from Prensa Latina Latin American Information Agency by pointing out that the State Department recently excluded Cuba from the group of countries that “did not fully cooperate with the United States’ anti-terrorist efforts in 2023.” However, so far, the United States has not eliminated Cuba from the list of states that they consider to be sponsors of terrorism.