President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez is welcomed at the airport. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A delegation from the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO)led by its Vice President Nguyen Ngoc Hung paid a courtesy call to President of the National Assembly of People's Powerof Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez in Hanoi on September 24.
Hernandez will represent leaders of the Cuban Party and State to attend a ceremony markingthe 50th anniversary of leader Fidel Castro’s trip to the liberatedzone in Southern Vietnam.
Informing Hernandez about the results of theimplementation of the friendship and cooperation agreement for the 2020-2025period between VUFO and the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), Hungsaid despite difficulties caused by COVID-19 pandemic over the past threeyears, the two sides have actively held rallies, meetings and informationexchanges on the occasions of both countries' national holidays and important historical events,both in-person and online formats.
VUFOalways takes the initiative and stays ready to cooperate with ICAP and the CubanEmbassy in Hanoi to hold solidarity and friendship activities, thus furtherfostering the close relations between the Parties, Governments, and people ofthe two countries. At the same time, it stands shoulder to shoulder with theCuban people in their just struggle for the removal of the US' blockade against Cuba, he said.
Hernandez, for hispart, affirmed that cooperation activitiesbetween the two countries’ friendship organisations have contributed to furthertightening the special solidarity between their Parties, States and people.
He said the Cuban legislature has been studying Vietnam’sexperience during its renewal process with a view to applying them in the process of socialdevelopment and the building of laws in Cuba in particular.
Accordingto him, his Vietnam visit is another contribution to the friendshipbetween the two countries, Parties and States. He affirmed that the 50th anniversary of Castro’s visit to the liberated zone in South Vietnam is anoccasion to commemorate the historic moment that will live forever in thehearts of the people, marking the development of the special and rarerelationship between the two countries./.
