Havana(VNA) – Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee andFirst Vice President of the Council of State and Ministers of Cuba Jose RamonMachado Ventura has affirmed determination to increase the exchange ofexperience and cooperation with Vietnam in all fields.

In his receptionof Vietnam’s Ambassador to Cuba Nguyen Trung Thanh on March 22, Jose RamonMachado recalled the profound affection, traditional relationship and specialfriendship between the two countries and pledged support along with favourableconditions for the Ambassador to fulfill his missions and tasks during histenure.

The Partyofficial applauded the outcomes of recent Cuba visits of President Tran DaiQuang, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and NA Vice ChairmanTong Thi Phong.

He expressed hiswish that the two countries will boost economic cooperation match the close politicalrelations.

AmbassadorNguyen Trung Thanh, who just began his tenure, conveyed greetings of Party andState leaders and people of Vietnam to the Party, State leaders and people ofCuba.

The ambassadoralso congratulated Cuba on the important achievements the Party, State andCuban people have made and praised their will to successfully implement the resolutionof the Communist Party of Cuba’s seventh Congress, especially the process ofupdating the socialism economic model.

He pledged to dohis best in his capacity to contribute to bilateral ties.-VNA