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Cuban President visits Vietnam’s pavilion at Havana book fair

President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez attended the opening ceremony of Vietnam’s booth at the 29th Havana international book fair on February 6.
Cuban President visits Vietnam’s pavilion at Havana book fair ảnh 1At the opening ceremony (Photo: VNA)

Havana (VNA) – President of CubaMiguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez attended the opening ceremony of Vietnam’s booth atthe 29th Havana international book fair on February 6.

Vietnam was invited as the guest of honour ofthe annual event as part of the cultural activities to mark the 60th foundinganniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties (February 12, 1960).

Attending the ceremony were Chairman of theCuban National Assembly Esteban Lazo Hernandez and Deputy Prime MinisterRoberto Morales Ojeda.

Truong Thi Mai, Politburomember, head of the Party Central Committee's MassMobilisation Commission and Chairwoman of the Vietnam – Cuba FriendshipAssociation, led a Vietnamese delegation to the event.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and TourismPham Anh Tuan described the book fair as one of the biggest of its kind inLatin America since 1982.

Vietnamese publishers brought to the fair over700 titles and 2,000 publications in Vietnamese, Spanish, English and French,which honour the special friendship between Vietnam and Cuba, as well as worksintroducing Vietnam’s history through periods, literary works, and studies on theVietnamese culture and folk arts./.

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