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Cuba learns about Vietnam’s youth education

A high-level delegation from Cuba’s Young Communist League (UJC) is paying a working visit to Vietnam to learn about the Southeast Asian country’s youth education and training to contribute to the national building, defence and development.
Cuba learns about Vietnam’s youth education ảnh 1Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Tong Thi Phong (R) receives First Secretary of the Young Communist League of Cuba Susely Morfa González on May 18 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A high-level delegationfrom Cuba’s Young Communist League (UJC) is paying a working visit to Vietnamto learn about the Southeast Asian country’s youth education and training tocontribute to the national building, defence and development.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly ofVietnam Tong Thi Phong hosted a reception for the delegation, led by UJC FirstSecretary Susely Morfa González in Hanoi on May 18.

She said the visit of the UJC delegation tookplace on the occasion of the 128th birthday anniversary of late President HoChi Minh – a great leader of the Vietnamese nation and people (May 19, 1890)and the 123th death anniversary of Cuban leader Jose Marti (May 19, 1895).

The legislator congratulated Cuba on thesuccessful organisation of the elections of the People’s Councils at all levelsand the National Assembly of People’s Power in March this year.

She expressed her belief that the Cuban Party,State and people will continue implementing effectively the revolutionary tasksand the update of its set economic model.

The NA Vice Chairwoman highlighted the specialfriendship and traditional relations between Vietnam and Cuba.

The State-level visit to Cuba by SecretaryGeneral of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen PhuTrong in March re-affirmed the special amity and solidarity between the twocountries, which have become a symbol of the era and valuable asset of the twocountries’ Parties and people, she said.

She noted that the relations between the Ho ChiMinh Communist Youth Union and the Cuba’s Young Communist League have beenreinforced and developed through cooperation programmes.

For her part, Susely Morfa González expressed Cubanleaders and people’s admiration for the resilience of Vietnamese people in the pastnational liberation as well as the current national construction and development.

She affirmed that Cuban young generations areaware of preserving and promoting the special solidarity between the twocountries.-VNA 
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