Cuba pays special attentions to ties with Vietnam: Cuban leader
Cuba always pays special attention to the all-round ties with Vietnam, including cooperation in maintaining historical memories, stated First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel on March 31.
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel (fifth, left) takes a photo with the Vietnamese delegation (Photo: VNA)
Havan (VNA) – Cuba always paysspecial attention to the all-round ties with Vietnam, including cooperation inmaintaining historical memories, stated First Secretary of the Communist Partyof Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel on March 31.
Hosting a Vietnamese delegation from the Ministry of National Defence who is inCuba to produce a documentary series about the Vietnam-Cuba defence relations, the Cuban leader hailed the coordinationbetween the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of theRevolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba (FAR) in completing the first episode,entitled “Two hearts beat as one”, as part of the series named “Vietnam-Cuba defencerelations: 60 years of construction and development”.
Two hearts beat as one is what Cuba alwaysfeels with Vietnamese brothers, underlined the Cuban leader.
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel and the Vietnamese delegation (Photo: VNA)
The same day, FAR Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen.Álvaro López Miera also had a meeting with the Vietnamese delegation, duringwhich he expressed pleasure about the joint efforts of the two sides in thework. He said he hopes the second and third episodes of the series will finishsoon.
The documentary series have been shot in many localities of the Caribbean country.It is one of the five products constituting a historical record on the defencerelations between the two nations. The first episode was screened on theVietnam Television and National Defence TV channels, and handed over to FAR.
Vietnam has always stood by the side of the Cuban Government and people in its struggle for national sovereignty and economic development process. Vietnam iscurrently the second largest trade partner of Cuba from Asia and Oceania, and amajor investor in the island nation./.
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The Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) of Cuba have completed their joint production of the first episode of a documentary series on the 60-year defence relations between the two countries.
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First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel (fifth, left) takes a photo with the Vietnamese delegation (Photo: VNA) 
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel and the Vietnamese delegation (Photo: VNA) The same day, FAR Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen.Álvaro López Miera also had a meeting with the Vietnamese delegation, duringwhich he expressed pleasure about the joint efforts of the two sides in thework. He said he hopes the second and third episodes of the series will finishsoon. 
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel and the Vietnamese delegation (Photo: VNA) 
