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Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen has said the traditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba have been constantly fostered and developed over the past 60 years.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc held telephone talk with First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel on August 23 to seek measures to further promote special traditional ties between the two Parties, States and people.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Nguyen Trung Thanh has received the country’ friendship medal for his contributions to Vietnam - Cuba relations.

Authorities of the central province of Quang Tri on September 12 approved naming a park in Dong Ha city after Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.

A delegation of the Cuban Workers' Federation (CTC), led by its Secretary General Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, visited the northern province of Ninh Binh on July 7.

Cuba hopes to learn from Vietnam’s experience during its current process of constitutional amendment, stated General Secretary of the Confederation of Cuban Workers Ulises Guilarte Nacimiento.

The freshly-concluded visits to France and Cuba by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong created a new driving force and made important breakthroughs in bilateral ties, said head of the CPV Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has expressed his hope that young people of Vietnam and Cuba will treasure and write new chapters of the countries’ solidarity, friendship and cooperation.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received the new Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Lianys Torres Rivera in Hanoi on January 26.

Outgoing Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Herminio Lopez Diaz vowed to continue making contributions to the growth of bilateral relations at a meeting with Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi on Sept 11.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and her Cuban counterpart Esteban Lazo Hernandez agreed to enhance legislative ties between Vietnam and Cuba through the exchange of all-level delegations and experience sharing.

Vice Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee Vo Thi Dung on October 15 met with a visiting delegation from the Cuba’s Young Communist League led by Second Secretary Ronald Hidalgo.

The Vietnam Embassy in Cuba’s capital city of Havana has hosted a get-together to mark 55 years of the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Cuba.

Vietnamese leaders sent congratulations to their Cuban counterparts on December 1 on the 55th founding anniversary of the countries’ diplomatic relationship (December 2, 1960).