President of Vietnam Fatherland Front welcomed Ambassador of Cuba
President of Vietnam Fatherland Front, Tran Thanh Man, and Ambassador of Cuba, Lianys Torres Rivera, echanged in Hanoi about the cooperation between that organization and its Cuban counterpart, the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR).
By mentioning the activities organized on the occasion of CDR 60th anniversary (9-28-20), Ambassador gave Thanh Man an invitation from CDR National Coordinator to join an online seminar to conmemorate that date.
Solidarity with Cuba reiterated from Southeast Asia
Messages to support Cuba and to condemn the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the island were sent this August 4 from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Cuban Committee of solidarity with those countries.
Cuban drugs given to Vietnam for the fight against COVID-19
Cuba gaved a batch of national drug Interferon Alpha 2B to Vietnam, to support the Indochinese country's combat against the COVID-19 pandemic, in a ceremony chaired by Ambassador, Lianys Torres Rivera, and the member of the Communist Party Central Committee and Vietnam Deputy Minister of National Defense, Colonel General Nguyen Chi Vinh.
In the symbolic acceptance ceremony, the diplomat highlighted the application of Heberón, the drug's trade name, in COVID-19 patients, and its favorable effect on reducing the fatality rate among heavy cases.