Music show wraps up NA Chairman’s Cuba visit

Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue and President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández attended a special music show in Santiago de Cuba city on April 22 (local time), which marked the 60th founding anniversary of the Cuban Committee for Solidarity with South Vietnam and the 50th anniversary of Fidel Castro Ruz’s visit to Vietnam and the newly liberated zone in Quang Tri province.
Music show wraps up NA Chairman’s Cuba visit ảnh 1NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue greets artists at the event (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Chairman of theVietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue and President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba EstebanLazo Hernández attended a special music show in Santiago de Cuba city on April 22 (local time), which marked the 60th founding anniversary of the Cuban Committee forSolidarity with South Vietnam and the 50th anniversary of FidelCastro Ruz’s visit to Vietnam and the newly liberated zone in Quang Tri province.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples(ICAP) Fernando Gonzalez Llort, who is also a member of the National Assembly of the People´s Power of Cuba, stressed that the establishment ofthe Cuban Committee for Solidarity with South Vietnam, now known as the Cuba-Vietnam Friendship Association(CVFA), was initiated by Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz.

Music show wraps up NA Chairman’s Cuba visit ảnh 2At the event (Photo: VNA)


He said the committee organised various activitiesto show solidarity with Vietnam, including launching a mass movement to spreadsolidarity with Vietnam throughout the country and around theworld at international forums such as the United Nations, the Non-AlignedMovement and others.

Vietnamese NA Vice Chairman Tran QuangPhuong, for his part, affirmed that Cuba has always been a sincere and reliable friend and brother who wholeheartedly supports Vietnam, especially during the hardest time for the Vietnamese revolution.

Music show wraps up NA Chairman’s Cuba visit ảnh 3NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attends the event (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam will do its best to preserve,protect, nurture and pass on the special, deep and loyal friendship between thetwo Parties, States and peoples to later generations, he said.

On the occasion, on behalf of Vietnamese Party and State leaders, Chairman Hue presented the FriendshipOrder of the Vietnamese State to the ICAP, the CVFA and ICAP President Llort.He also awarded the Friendship Medal to CVFA Vice Chairman Ruvislei González Saez.

The event was the last activity of the Cubavisit by NA Chairman Hue and his entourage before they depart for an officialvisit to Argentina./. 

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