Visitors at the photo exhibition called “Friendship and Solidarity between Vietnam and Cuba” at HCM City Women Cultural House. (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – A photo exhibition featuring the friendship andsolidarity between Vietnam and Cuba opened in Ho Chi Minh City on October 15.
The exhibition displays 68 photos capturing important milestones in theVietnam-Cuba friendship, cooperation and solidarity, including mutual visits bythe two countries’ Party and State leaders, activities to tighten the bilateralrelations, images of Vietnamese and Cuban women and children with Presidents HoChi Minh and Fidel Castro.
In addition, it also introduces the culture, land and people of Cuba, as wellas cultural and art exchange activities between the two countries’ people.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Nguyen Van Manh, Vice President of the Ho ChiMinh City Union of Friendship Organisations, said through the event, Vietnamesepeople once again express their gratefulness to their Cuban friends for their solidarityand wholehearted support given to Vietnam during the most difficult periods.The photos showcased also affirm the traditional friendship, solidarity andcooperation between the two nations, he added.
According to Indira Lopez Arguelles, Cuban Consul General to Ho Chi Minh City,the exhibition helps promote the image of Cuba, further tighten the friendshipand solidarity between the two countries, and hobour women both nations.
She expressed her belief that the fraternal friendship between Vietnam and Cubawill further develop in the future.
Special friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba were nudged closer to Cuban friends through a book introduction ceremony held in Havana on September 10 as part of activities to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s historical visit to Vietnam.
Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on September 13 received the First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, Salvados Valdes Mesa, who was in Vietnam to attend celebrations for the 45th anniversary of Cuban leader Fidel Castro visiting the liberated area in southern Vietnam in September 1973.
The Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Dong Hoi Hospital in central Quang Binh province, a facility that Cuban leader Fidel Castro committed to help Vietnam during his historical trip to the liberated area in South Vietnam 45 years ago, is regarded as a ‘gem’ of the friendship between the two countries.
A high-ranking delegation from Cuba led by First Vice President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers Salvador Valdes Mesa on September 14 visited the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital.
The Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association (VCFA), in collaboration with the provincial Ben Tre People’s Committee, on September 26 organised a ceremony to mark the 55th anniversary of the Cuban Committee for Solidarity with South Vietnam.
The armies of Vietnam and Cuba discussed and agreed on directions for cooperation in economics and trade in the time ahead during a visit of Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Tran Don to Cuba from September 21 – 27.
Nguyen Anh Tuan, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee, received a delegation from the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) led by Olga Lidia Tapia Iglesias, Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, in Hanoi on October 10.
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The exhibition showcases more than 100 valuable documents and artifacts, divided into two main parts: “Journalist Nguyen Ai Quoc – Ho Chi Minh” and “President Ho Chi Minh – Founder and Mentor of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press.” This is an opportunity to recall the late leader’s journalism journey and affirm his exceptional role in founding and guiding the revolutionary press in Vietnam.
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This marks the first time Vietnam has hosted a continental-level Muay event which will feature competitions across 28 weight categories in combat and eight performance categories.
Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
The cultural event in Canberra not only fostered cultural exchanges between Vietnam and Australia but also contributed to promoting Vietnam’s image internationally
Visitors at the photo exhibition called “Friendship and Solidarity between Vietnam and Cuba” at HCM City Women Cultural House. (Source: VNA)
