NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (R) presents the honour to President of the NA of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández. (Photo: VNA) Havana (VNA) – The Vietnamese National Assembly incoordination with relevant Cuban agencies presented orders to leaders of the NationalAssembly of the People’s Power of Cuba at a ceremony in Havana on April 20 (localtime), as part of the official visit to the Caribbean nation by NA ChairmanVuong Dinh Hue.
Hue presented the Ho Chi Minh Order, certificate andflowers to Esteban Lazo Hernández, Politburo member and President of the NA ofPeople's Power and the Council of State, in recognition of his contributions toconsolidating and promoting the special solidarity between the two Parties, legislaturesand peoples.
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (R) presents the honour to President of the NA of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández. (Photo: VNA) The honour was also given to Ana María Mari Machado,member of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and Vice President ofthe NA of the People’s Power and the Council of State; Homero Acosta Álvarez,Secretary of the NA of the People’s Power and the State of Council; and MaríaYolanda Ferrer Gómez, head of the Cuban NA’s Commission on Foreign Relations.
On behalf of the honourees, NA President Esteban LazoHernández stressed that they got it in the name of the Cuban people – those theyrepresent – and with the sentiment of solidarity with the heroic Vietnamesenation originating from national hero José Martí who, together with PresidentHo Chi Minh and President Fidel Castro, laid the firm foundation for thesolidarity between the Vietnamese and Cuban nations.
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (C) and the Cuban leaders honoured with Ho Chi Minh Order (Photo: VNA)
He also affirmed President Ho Chi Minh proved that no forcescan divide a nation of strong will, however huge the difficulties andchallenges are that nation has to face, and highlighted that Cuba has learned alot from the Vietnamese people’s wisdom and bravery.
NA Chairman Hue is paying an official visit to Cuba atthe invitation of President of the NA of People's Power Lazo Hernandez.
This is the highest-level trip of a Vietnamese leaderto Cuba as well as to Latin America since the beginning of 2023. Hue is alsothe first foreign leader to visit the Caribbean nation after the countrysuccessfully organised the general elections./.