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Fidel Castro's historic visit to Quang Tri 43 years ago

Cuban leader Fidel Castro visited the central province of Quang Tri from September 12-17, 1973, becoming the first foreign leader to set foot in the liberated area in the south of Vietnam.
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  • Fidel Castro waves the all-victorious flag while meeting with liberation soldiers in Quang Tri (Photo: VNA)

  • Fidel Castro and Prime Minister Pham Van Dong at a ceremony held by Quang Tri people to welcome the Cuban delegation (Photo: VNA)

  • Fidel Castro (front, third, right) and Prime Minister Pham Van Dong (front, fourth, left) at a ceremony held by Quang Tri people to welcome the Cuban delegation (Photo: VNA) 

  • Fidel Castro holds the hand of Tran Nam Trung, deputy head of the presidium of National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam's Central Committee and Defence Minister of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, at ​ ceremony to welcome the Cuban delegation (Photo: VNA) 

  • Fidel Castro and liberation soldiers (Photo: VNA)

  • Fidel Castro (front, ​fourth, left) and Prime Minister Pham Van Dong (front, second, right) and soldiers of the liberation army pose for a photo (Photo: VNA)

  • Fidel Castro and heroine Ta Thi Kieu at a military base in Quang Tri (Photo: VNA)

  • Fidel Castro visits the Tan Lam and Doc Mieu bases (Photo: VNA)

  • Fidel Castro visits war-torn Dong Ha town, which is under re-construction then (Photo: VNA)

  • Fidel Castro visits war-torn Dong Ha town, which is under re-construction then (Photo: VNA)

  • Fidel Castro (​centre), Prime Minister Pham Van Dong (third, right) and Vietnam's liberation heros in Quang Tri (Photo: VNA)

  • Fidel Castro, representatives of the People's Revolutionary Committee of Quang Tri and liberation soldiers and officers (Photo: VNA)

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