First Secretary, President of Cuba and his wife arrive in Hanoi

First Secretary and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and his wife Lis Cuesta Peraza arrived in Hanoi this morning, beginning a state visit to Vietnam to attend the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day, September 2.

The Cuban leader's working trip takes place from today until September 2 at the invitation of General Secretary To Lam and his wife.

Welcoming the delegation at Noi Bai International Airport were: Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Nguyen Xuan Thang; Deputy Chief of the Party Central Committee Office Dang Khanh Toan; Deputy Head of the President's Office Can Dinh Tai; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang; Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Quang Long and a large number of people waving flags to welcome them.

Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council and Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Nguyen Xuan Thang welcomed First Secretary and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and his wife. Photo: Presidencia Cuba

Accompanying the First Secretary, President of Cuba and his wife were: Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla; Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, Senior Lieutenant General Álvaro López Miera; Head of the Central Commission for External Relations Emilio Lozada García; Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga; Minister of Agriculture Ydael Pérez Brito; President of BioCubaFarma Group Mayda Mauri Pérez; Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Rogelio Polanco Fuentes; Director of the Protocol Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Miguel Lamazares Puello; Director of the Bilateral Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Carlos Miguel Pereira Hernández; Chief of Staff of the President Manuel Alomá Herrera.

Tomorrow, the welcoming ceremony for First Secretary and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and his wife will take place at the Presidential Palace, chaired by General Secretary To Lam and his wife. After that, the two leaders will hold talks and witness the signing of cooperation documents.

The First Secretary and President of Cuba will have meetings with key Vietnamese leaders and many important activities. In particular, he will attend the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day at Ba Dinh Square.

A large number of people in the capital came to welcome him at Noi Bai International Airport. Photo: Presidencia Cuba

Despite being half a world apart, the traditional solidarity, special friendship and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba have become a model in international relations. From the first bricks laid by Cuban National Hero José Martí, President Ho Chi Minh, Cuban Leader Fidel Castro and nurtured by many generations of leaders and people of the two countries, that relationship has been forged through the ups and downs of history and remains strong to this day as its inherent nature.

Over the past 65 years, cooperation between the two countries has been widely implemented at all levels, channels and fields, with three main pillars, including politics - diplomacy as the foundation, economy - trade - investment as the driving force and people-to-people exchange as the glue.

The visit of the First Secretary and President of Cuba once again affirmed that the solidarity between Vietnam and Cuba continues to be a torch illuminating the path of cooperation and development for the legitimate interests of each country, contributing to the common efforts for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/bi-thu-thu-nhat-chu-tich-nuoc-cuba-va-phu-nhan-toi-ha-noi-2438127.html