Top Vietnamese, Cuban leaders witness exchange of cooperation documents
Over the past 65 years, cooperation between the two countries has been expanded across all levels, channels, and sectors, with three main pillars: political-diplomatic relations as the foundation, economic-trade-investment as the driving force, and people-to-people exchanges as the bonding element.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam (R, second row) and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez witness exchange of the minutes of the 42nd session of the Vietnam–Cuba Intergovernmental Committee on economic and scientific–technical cooperation. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez witnessed the exchange of bilateral cooperation documents, following their talks in Hanoi on September 1.
The documents signed within the Cuban leader’s state visit to Vietnam include an agricultural cooperation agreement between the two governments on promoting rice production to gradually ensure food security in Cuba for the 2025-2027 period, the minutes of the 42nd session of the Vietnam–Cuba Intergovernmental Committee on economic and scientific–technical cooperation.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on healthcare cooperation between the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and the Cuban Ministry of Public Health; another on collaboration in archives and document management between the State Records and Archives Department under Vietnam’s Ministry of Home Affairs and the Cuba Archive; and the one on the establishment of a joint venture between Hoa Sen Holdings Group, the Green Economics Institute, and Labiofarm Group were also handed over this time.
The Party, State, and people of Vietnam present the Cuban people with the first tranche of assistance worth 385 billion VND. (Photo: VNA)
On this occasion, the Party, State, and people of Vietnam presented the Cuban people with the first tranche of assistance worth 385 billion VND (14.6 million USD).
Over the past 65 years, cooperation between the two countries has been expanded across all levels, channels, and sectors, with three main pillars: political-diplomatic relations as the foundation, economic-trade-investment as the driving force, and people-to-people exchanges as the bonding element.
𝕴 On the basis of the signed documents and agreements, particularly the outcomes of the state visit to Cuba in September 2024 by then Party General Secretary and President To Lam, the two Parties and States will continue to strengthen cooperation in all fields, especially in such key areas as politics and diplomacy, economy and trade, agriculture, energy, people-to-people exchanges, education, and health care./.
On the morning of September 1, at the Presidential Palace, Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse hosted the official welcome ceremony for Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic of Cuba, and his spouse, who are paying a State visit to Vietnam and attending the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, from August 31 to September 2, 2025. Immediately after the welcome ceremony, the two sides held talks.
Vietnam and Cuba established their diplomatic relations on December 2, 1960. During Vietnam's resistance war against the US imperialists, Cuba emerged as a symbol of international solidarity, taking the lead in the global movement supporting Vietnam's struggle for independence and providing invaluable assistance.
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