Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue and a high-ranking delegation of the
Vietnamese NA arrived at Jose Marti airport in Havana on April 18 afternoon (local time), starting his
official visit to Cuba at the invitation of President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba
Esteban Lazo Hernandez.
Chairman Hue and his entourage were welcomed at the airport by Deputy President of the National
Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Ana Maria Mari Machado, head of the Department of International
Relations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba Emilio Lozada Garcia, and head of
the Cuban National Assembly’s Commission on Foreign Relations Yolanda Ferrer Gomez, and
Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Thanh Tung, among others.
The visit takes place on the occasion of the two countries celebrating their major events such as the
60th anniversary of Cuba's establishment of the Committee for Solidarity with South Vietnam, the 50th
anniversary of Cuban leader Fidel Castro Ruz's first visit to Vietnam, and to the liberated zone in South
Vietnam when the war was going on.
During the visit, the top Vietnamese legislator is scheduled to attend a special session of the 10th Cuban
National Assembly, sign a cooperation agreement between the two NAs, and have meetings with high-
ranking leaders of the Party and State of Cuba. He will also attend the 62nd anniversary of the Giron
Beach Victory, the Vietnam-Cuba business forum, meet the Vietnamese community in the Caribbean
country.
He will witness the exchange of cooperation agreements between the countries’ ministries and
localities, and attend several economic, cultural and educational activities.
Chairman Hue’s official visit to Cuba is the highest-level trip of a Vietnamese leader to Cuba as well as to
Latin America in 2023. Chairman Hue is also the first foreign leader to visit the Caribbean nation after
Cuba’s new legislative body was set up.
The visit reaffirms that Vietnam always attaches importance to consolidating and strengthening special
solidarity and loyal friendship with Cuba, and fostering cooperation between the two legislatures as well
as the bilateral partnership in all fields./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency