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Vietnamese ambassador conferred Cuban friendship medal

Outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Thanh Tung has received the country’s friendship in acknowledgment of his contributions to the development of the strong and long-standing traditional relationship between Vietnam and Cuba.
Vietnamese ambassador conferred Cuban friendship medal ảnh 1Cuba’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Anayansi Rodríguez gives the friendship medal to Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Thanh Tung. (Photo: VNA)
Havana (VNA) – OutgoingVietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Thanh Tung has received the country’s friendship medal in acknowledgment of his contributions to the development of thestrong and long-standing traditional relationship between Vietnam and Cuba.

At the medal presentationceremony held in Havana on November 24, Cuba’s Deputy Minister of ForeignAffairs Anayansi Rodríguez highlighted the new strides of the bilateralrelations during the diplomat's tenure that lasts more than 3 years and 4months. There have been notable achievements in agriculture, trade,biotechnology, construction, education, finance, and tourism, she said.

Rodríguez pointed to Tung’seffective contributions to strengthening the mutual trust and friendshipbetween the two countries' governments and people, especially in the fight againstthe COVID-19 pandemic and the increasing presence of Vietnamese businesses in theCaribbean island nation. Vietnam is currently the largest Asia-Pacific investorin Cuba.

In response, Tung expressed his gratitude for the sincere support from theCuban Party, State, and people for Vietnam’s liberation and nation-buildingcause as well as for his personal learning, training, and working.

Vietnamese ambassador conferred Cuban friendship medal ảnh 2Representatives from Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba and Cuban agencies pose for a photo. (Photo: VNA)
Feeling honoured with theprestigious award from the Cuban State, the ambassador pledged to continuecontributing to the preservation and promotion of the countries’ specialrelationship, even after the end of his term.

Earlier, on November 18, FirstSecretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President ofCuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez received Tung before he ends his diplomatic mission./.
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