The National Political Publishing House held a ceremony in Hanoi on October 3 to introduce the book entitled "Cuba - Vietnam: Two Nations, One History”.
Books are introduced at the event (Photo: sggp.org.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - The National Political Publishing House helda ceremony in Hanoi on October 3 to introduce the book entitled "Cuba -Vietnam: Two Nations, One History”.
The event was part of activities to mark the60th founding anniversary of the Cuban Committee for Solidaritywith South Vietnam and the 50th anniversary of leaderFidel Castro’s visit to Vietnam and the southern liberated zone.
The Party Central Committee’s Commission forExternal Relations and Commission for Information and Education, and theNational Political Publishing House translated and published the book from itsoriginal Spanish version.
Speaking at the event, Director andEditor-in-Chief of the publishing house Asso. Prof Vu Trong Lam said the bookby Dr. Ruvislei González Saez, Vice President of the Cuba-Vietnam FriendshipAssociation and Director of the International Relations Programme in Cuba,documents the important milestones in the enduring and steadfast relationshipbetween Vietnam and Cuba over the past more than six decades since theestablishment of their diplomatic ties in 1960.
According to Lam, the book is a chronicle ofevents, systematically documenting significant events in the bilateral relationship.It covers a wide range of events, from high-level visits, exchanges tobilateral cooperation in various fields. The book is complemented by a rich collectionof photos that vividly depict the enduring fraternal friendship between the twonations though they are geographically distant.
💮 The translation, publication and release ofthis book could be seen as a spiritual gift dedicated to the fraternal Cuban peopleand generations of the Vietnamese and Cuban people who have made significantcontributions to building, preserving and fostering this special solidarity andfriendship, he said./.
The relationship of solidarity and trust between Vietnam and Cuba continues to grow strongly and become increasingly substantive and effective. Relations on all three channels of Party diplomacy, State diplomacy, and people’s diplomacy are increasingly deepening. In addition, two-way economic-trade-investment relations are receiving greater attention.
In September 1973, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and Prime Minister of the Cuban Revolutionary Government Fidel Castro was the first Head of State in the world to visit the liberated zone in Quang Tri province after the Paris Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam was signed (January 1973).
A Cuban high-level delegation headed by President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez on September 25 visited the Vietnam-Cuba friendship hospital in the central province of Quang Binh’s Dong Hoi city, which was built in 1973 following then President Fidel Castro's visit to the region.
A delegation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee led by its Vice President Truong Thi Ngoc Anh paid a visit to Cuba from September 23-27, during which they attended the 10th Congress of the Committees for the Defence of the Revolution (CDRs) of Cuba.
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Books are introduced at the event (Photo: sggp.org.vn) 
