Vietnam-Cuba diplomatic relationship marked in HCM City
Ho Chi Minh
City (VNA) – The 56th anniversary of Vietnam-Cuba diplomatic
relationship and Cuba’s 58th National Day were marked with a ceremony in Ho Chi
Minh City on December 28.
At the ceremony,
Vice Chairwoman of the HCM City People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Thu shared sympathy
with Cuban friends over the death of President Fidel Castro.
She stressed
that Cuban people’s strong will and perseverance in the struggle against
dictatorship nearly six decades ago is not only the pride of Cuban people and
Latin Americans but also a source of great encouragement to Vietnamese people
in the resistance war against imperialism to reunify the country.
Vietnam is one
of the first countries establishing diplomatic relationship with Cuba (December
2, 1960) and the relationship has been ever growing since then.
Thu affirmed the
Vietnam-Cuba relationship has reached a new level while bilateral cooperation
is being intensified. Vietnam is one of Cuba’s economic big partners and its
biggest rice supplier while Cuba is assisting Vietnam in transport,
biotechnology and agriculture.
Speaking at the
ceremony, Bernabe Garcia Valido, Cuba’s Consul
General in HCM City, said the Vietnam-Cuba relationship has been tested and
nurtured through wars and ups and downs in the world situation.
In the future,
Cuba wishes the relationship between the two countries will develop in depth,
bringing practical benefits to people of the two countries, he said.-VNA