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Vietnam-Cuba defence cooperation is a symbol of the friendly relations and special brotherhood between the two States and peoples, according to Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz.

Vietnamese economists presented Vietnam’s experience in its 30-year “Doi Moi” (reform) process and building a socialist-oriented market economy at a recent seminar in the Cuban capital city of Havana.

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Head of the Vietnam Mission to the UN, asserted Vietnam’s strong opposition to the US’s unilateral economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba.

A delegation led by General Do Ba Ty, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defence Minister, is paying an official friendship visit to Cuba.

Cuban President Raul Castro and Timor-Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo have pledged to forge stronger bilateral cooperation, especially in health care.

Lao President Choummaly Sayasone arrived in Havana, Cuba on October 1, beginning his four-day official visit.

President Truong Tan Sang’s recent participation in the UN Summit and his official visit to Cuba demonstrate clearly Vietnam as an active, trustful partner and responsible member in global affairs.

President Truong Tan Sang arrived in Jose Marti Habana Airport in Cuba’s capital on September 28 night (Havana time), starting his two-day official visit to the Caribbean country.

President Truong Tan Sang left Hanoi on September 23 for New York to attend the United Nations (UN) Summit for the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development from September 25-27.

The Vietnamese Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) will provide 50 computer sets for the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) later this month.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 18 for Cuban Minister of Finance and Prices Lina Pedraza Rodriguez, who is on a working visit to Vietnam.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Tat Thanh Cang received a delegation from Cuba’s Ministry of Finance and Prices on September 14.

Head of the Cuban Party Central Committee’s Agriculture-Food Department Santiago Perez shared the country’s policies on agricultural development with an official from Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee.

A discussion of five and a half decades of solidarity and cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba was held in Hanoi on September 10 on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the two countries’ ties.