The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and press agencies of Cuba have agreed to expand their bilateral cooperation in specific fields to match with the current demand of each side.
At the working session between the VNA delegation (L) and Head of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee’s Ideological Department Angel Arzuaga (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam NewsAgency (VNA) and press agencies of Cuba have agreed to expand their bilateral cooperationin specific fields to match with the current demand of each side.
The consensus was reached at working sessionsbetween the VNA delegation led by Deputy General Director Dinh Dang Quang and representativesof Cuban news agencies Prensa Latina and ACN in the framework of their visit tothe Caribbean island country on April 10-11.
In the meeting with Head of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee’s IdeologicalDepartment Angel Arzuaga, Quang briefed the host on the cooperation resultsbetween the VNA and the Cuban news agencies and upcoming plans to promote cooperation inspecific fields.
Arzuaga said the cooperation between the VNA and the Cuban news agencies is avivid symbol of special solidarity between the two Parties and States,affirming that the Communist Party of Cuba always supports steps aiming tofurther tighten the cooperation and friendship between comrades in the cause ofrevolutionary jounalism.
At the talks with the VNA delegation, Prensa Latina (PL) President Luis EnriqueGonzalez Acosta highlighted the importance of traditional cooperation betweenthe two news agencies, and thanked the VNA for its regular assistance in thepast years.
For his part, Quang appreciated the PL’s role in helping Vietnamese people accuratelyunderstand the situation in Cuba and the Latin America region, as well as coordinationof the Cuban news agency to introduce the VNA’s Vietnam Pictorial publicationto readers in Latin America.
The two sides showed their satisfaction with the results in the exchange of informationin text, photo and television formats.
They agreed to push the publishing of the Spanish-version of the VietnamPictorial, thus broadly introducing the Vietnam Government’s official newspaperfor foreign services in Cuba and in the Latin American region in general.
During their stay, the VNA delegation also had a working session with leadersof theCuban domestic news agency (ACN),and presented it with a number of equipment for press activities.
ACN Director Edda Diz Garces highlightedthe relations between the two agencies, and thanked the VNA for its effective supportand assistance.
In the framework of their visit, the VNA delegates also visited President HoChi Minh statue in Havana, a printing workshop of the PL, and several importanteconomic and cultural establishments of Cuba.-VNA
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At the working session between the VNA delegation (L) and Head of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee’s Ideological Department Angel Arzuaga (Source: VNA) 
