Addressing the opening ceremony, Ho Quang Loi, VicePresident of the Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA), highlighted the specialsentiments of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro towards Vietnam.
Since they set up diplomatic ties on December 2,1960, Vietnam and Cuba have stood side-by-side during the past struggle fornational independence and freedom, as well as the present national constructionand defence of each nation, he said.
Their friendship and solidarity is a valuable assetshared by the two parties and peoples, he noted.
Loi said the UPEC and the VJA officially signed the bilateralcooperation agreement on December 21, 2014, opening up a new period of exchangebetween Vietnamese and Cuban journalists, while helping to increase mutualunderstanding and tighten diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Within the framework of the event, 82-year-old Cubanjournalist Perfecto Romero Ramirez, the photographer on exhibition and founderof the UPEC, held an exchange with his Vietnamese colleagues.
He said after hearing Fidel Castro’s stories aboutVietnam, he has always wanted to visit the country and convey these sentiments.
On this occasion, the UPEC and Perfecto RomeroRamirez presented the 36 photographs on display to the VJA. –VNA
