Vietnamese diplomats and students joined foreign diplomatic delegations and friendship associations in a cultural exchange gala night at the Lenin Park in the Cuban capital of Havana on Dec. 23.

Organised by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), the gala night aimed to promote solidarity and friendship among countries in the world.

At the event, ICAP President Kenia Serrano asserted the determination of Cuban people to continue protecting the struggle of oppressed nations around the world on the basis of peace, solidarity and friendship.

She also thanked for support and assistance of other countries worldwide to Cuban people’s revolutionary cause and their struggle against the US ’ trade embargo during the past five decades, saying it is time for terrorism and wars in the world to end.

The ICAP President affirmed that Cuban people will be firmly advancing in the course of economic development and protection of revolutionary fruits and pressing ahead with the chosen socialist path./.