
Hanoi (VNA) – A delegation from the Communist Party ofthe US (CPUSA) led by Arturo Cambron, a member of the National Committee, has paid a working visit to Vietnam to seek ways to boost ties with the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).
During their March 2-8 stay, the delegation visited Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum; heldtalks with leaders of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for ExternalRelations; had working sessions with leaders of the Ho Chi Minh NationalAcademy of Politics (HCMA), the Central Committee of the Vietnam FatherlandFront, the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), the Ho Chi MinhCommunist Youth Union Central Committee and the Vietnam Association of Victims ofAgent Orange/Dioxin; and visited Hanoi-based rehabilitation and nursery centre forAgent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims and Hoa Binh Village in Hanoi’s Thanh Xuandistrict.
The delegation also worked with leaders of the PartyCommittees and visited several typical economic and agriculturalproduction provincial, and historical and cultural relic sites in the northern provinces ofQuang Ninh and Hung Yen.
This was the CPUSA's first official visit to Vietnam within its"Hello Comrades" project to strengthen the friendship and connectionbetween CPUSA and communist and worker parties around the world.
The delegation learned about the reality and experience in building the communist party, socialism and socialist democracy in Vietnam as well as Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style. They also discussed measures to promoteinformation/experience sharing, and exchanges and friendship between the twoparties and people of the two countries.
The CPUSA delegation said they were impressed by the achievements of Vietnam's “Doi Moi” (renewal) process under theleadership of the CPV, especially in terms ofeconomic development coupled with ensuring social security and justice.
The good results that the CPV broughtto the country and the Vietnamese people are a great spiritual encouragement forthe communists and people in the US, they noted.
Meeting with the CPUSA delegation, leaders of Vietnameseagencies affirmed that the Party, State, and people of Vietnam alwaysappreciate the enthusiastic support that the CPUSA and USfriends have given to Vietnam in the cause of national liberation andreunification in the past as well as the cause of national renewal, construction, and defence today.
They thanked the CPUSA for its support forVietnam in overcoming the consequences of war and the Agent Orange/dioxindisaster as well as for the development of Vietnam-US relations.They hoped the two sides will continue to maintain their traditional friendship, contributing to strengthening the relations between the twocountries and their people for peace, friendship, cooperation, anddevelopment in the region and the world./.