Hanoi (VNA) – Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinhreceived a delegation of the Prensa Latina news agency (Cuba) led by its PresidentLuis Enrique Gonzalez Acosta in Hanoi on September 9.

Director General of the Vietnam News Agency(VNA) Nguyen Duc Loi also attended the reception.

Vice President Thinh said the Vietnamese Partyand State always treasure the special time-tested friendship and cooperationwith Cuba. She expressed her delight at the comprehensive development ofbilateral cooperation in multiple spheres, especially the exchange ofhigh-ranking delegations that include her official visit to Cuba in July.

Thinh congratulated the country on the adoptionof its new constitution and the increasing perfection of its legal system,voicing her belief that under the leadership of the Communist Party of Cuba, itwill make stronger development strides.

She highlighted that Vietnam always keeps inmind the precious assistance that Cuba has given to it during the struggle fornational liberation in the past as well as national development at present.

Regarding the sanctions imposed against Cuba,Thinh said Vietnam is against that policy, and it always supports therevolution of the nation.

At the meeting, the host also highly valued therelationship between the VNA and Prensa Latina over the past more than 50 yearswith various fruitful joint activities like information sharing, personneltraining and delegation exchanges.

She said she believes that with the support ofVietnamese and Cuban Party and State leaders, their collaboration will becomeeven more effective in the future.

As Vietnam and Cuba will celebrate 60 years ofthe diplomatic relationship in 2020, the two news agencies should increasesharing information about activities marking the anniversary in the countrieswhile reporting news on each side’s socio-economic development and thetraditional friendship in a timely, precise and objective manner, VicePresident Thinh added.

For his part, the Prensa Latina President saidthe Cuba visit in July by Vice President Thinh helped further solidify thecountries’ fraternal solidarity and comprehensive cooperation, on the basis of whichthe two agencies have coordinated closely with each other at internationalforums.

He affirmed that Prensa Latina will continueworking closely with the VNA to help successfully organise celebrations of the60-year diplomatic relationship next year, thereby lifting their relations to anew height that matches the two countries’ political connections.

The Prensa Latina delegation is on a workingvisit to Vietnam from September 9 to 14 as an annual exchange activity betweenthe two news agencies.-VNA