Vietnam keen on fostering traditional solidarity with Cuba: VUFO
Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Don Tuan Phong has affirmed that his organization has always showed solidarity with Cuba in all people’s forums in the world.
Hanoi(VNA) – Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Union of FriendshipOrganisations (VUFO) Don Tuan Phong has affirmed that his organization has alwaysshowed solidarity with Cuba in all people’s forums in the world.
Receiving a delegationfrom the Cuban Communist Party Central Committee’s Department for ExternalRelations led by its deputy head Carlos Marsan, Phong said that Vietnam supportsCuba’s fight against the US embargo.
Phong said that in2018, VUFO and the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association will cooperate closelywith the Cuban side in celebrating 45 years of Cuban leader Fidel Castro’svisit to Vietnam (1973-2018).
Vietnam welcomesdelegations from the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples and theCuba-Vietnam Friendship Association in March this year, he said, adding that hehopes the activities will help foster the friendship and solidarity between thetwo countries’ people.
For his part, CarlosMarsan thanked the VUFO and the Vietnamese people in general for warmsentiments towards Cuba. He also appreciated Vietnam’s support in overcomingconsequences of storm Irma in September last year.
He said that the soundsentiments between the Vietnamese and Cuban people should be passed on toyounger generations, considering it one of the focal tasks of the Cuban CommunistParty in 2018.
Cuba is on the processof updating its economy to develop the country and improve people’s livingconditions, which is always supported by the VUFO, he noted.
He held thatVietnamese firms’ interest in the Cuban market is a favourable condition toboost economic connection between the two countries and make it match the soundbilateral political relations.-VNA
Vietnam always respectfully and sincerely thanks Cuba for solidarity and support for Vietnam’s struggle for liberation, national unity and reunification, as well as current construction and defence.
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