Vietnam extended congratulations to Cuba's 66th National Day
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.
Vietnamese Deputy PM engages meeting with Cuban FM at UNGA 79
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son had meeting with the foreign minister of Cuba in New York on September 22, on the sidelines of the UN Summit of the Future and the high-level general debate of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79).
Talking to Cuban FM Bruno Rodriguez, Son thanked the Cuban Party, State, and people for extending sympathies to Vietnam on the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi as well as the passing of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
Top Vietnamese leader’s Cuba visit expected to deepen traditional friendship
Cuban hero Fernando González Llort, President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), has described the upcoming state visit to Cuba by Party General Secretary and State President To Lam as a milestone in the time-honoured relationship between the two countries.
Apart from holding political importance, the visit is expected to yield positive results in economic and foreign relations, with numerous cooperation agreements and a high level of consensus in the struggle for world peace, he said in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).
Top leader’s visit to strengthen Vietnam-Cuba traditional relations: Party official
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.
Top leader of Vietnam leaves Hanoi for UNGA 79, state visit to Cuba
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.