Cuban media highlights Party General Secretary Trong’s State visit

Cuban media has extensively covered the State visit to Cuba from March 28-30 by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong.
Cuban media highlights Party General Secretary Trong’s State visit ảnh 1Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. (Source: VNA)
Havana (VNA) – Cuban mediahas extensively covered the State visit to Cuba from March 28-30 by GeneralSecretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen PhuTrong.

Granma, the mouthpiece of theCommunist Party of Cuba and the biggest daily in the country, ran an article byMarta Rojas Rodriguez featuring the past struggle for national liberation ofVietnamese people and the role of late President Ho Chi Minh in the world’sprogressive movements.

Rodriguez, a retired reporter whoworked in Vietnam and visited the southern battlefield, also recalledsentiments of Cuban national hero Jose Marti towards Vietnam, and her memoriesfor President Ho Chi Minh.

Meanwhile, the Prensa Latina NewsAgency had interviews with Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Nguyen Trung Thanh andCuban Ambassador to Vietnam Lianys Torres.

The diplomats agreed that PartyGeneral Secretary Trong’s visit will be a historical milestone in theVietnam-Cuba relationship.

The visit helps carry forwardrelations while opening up new opportunities for cooperation between the twocountries, especially in economy, the ambassadors said.

Additionally, Prensa Latina publishedseveral articles by its correspondents in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi, highlightingachievements Vietnam has recorded in the Doi Moi (Renewal) process.

Vietnam and Party General SecretaryTrong’s Cuba visit also made headlines in major television and radio channels,dailies and e-newspapers of Cuba.

TheVietnamese leader’s visit is made at the invitation of First Secretary of theCommunist Party of Cuba’s Central Committee and President of the Councils ofState and Ministers Raul Castro Ruz.

This isthe first high-level meeting between the two countries after the passing awayof Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Ruz in 2016, and the VietnameseParty chief’s first visit to Latin-America following the 12th National Congressof the CPV the same year. -VNA
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