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Cuban top legislator starts visit to Vietnam

Chairman of the Cuban National Assembly Esteban Lazo Hernandez began his eight-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on June 11.
Cuban top legislator starts visit to Vietnam ảnh 1  Chairman of the Cuban National Assembly Esteban Lazo Hernandez (Source: radiorebelde.cu)
Hanoi (VNA)- Chairman of the Cuban National Assembly Esteban Lazo Hernandez began his eight-dayofficial visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpartNguyen Thi Kim Ngan on June 11.

Since Vietnam andCuba established diplomatic ties in December 1960, the bilateral relations havebeen incessantly reinforced and developed.

Cuba was the firstLatin American country and one of the first nations in the world to recognisethe National Liberation Front of South Vietnam.

After the wartime,Cuba still stood side by side with Vietnamese people in the cause of nationalreconstruction and development, helping the Southeast Asian country to buildtransport infrastructure, develop animal husbandry and train human resources inthe fields of agriculture, construction, architecture, medicine, and socialsciences.

Regarding theparliamentary relations, the Vietnamese National Assembly regularly sendsdelegations to Cuba.


The two legislaturesalso established friendship parliamentarians’ groups.

Along with soundpolitical relations, the bilateral economic-trade ties also received dueattention. Two-way trade reached 247.64 million USD in 2016.

Currently, Vietnam is the second largest Asian trade partner of Cuba. Vietnammainly exports rice, coal, chemicals, garment-textile and computers to Cubawhile importing pharmaceutical products from the market.

During the trip toVietnam, the Cuban parliamentary delegation wants to study the role, functions,apparatus and activities of the Vietnamese legislature, especially of the NAStanding Committee, as well as share experience in renovation and nationaldevelopment.-VNA
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