Cuban leaders hope for result-oriented cooperation with Vietnam
Cuban leaders have voiced their belief that with fine traditional political ties and huge potential, Vietnam and Cuba will enjoy specific and pragmatic developments in their bilateral cooperation, especially in health care, pharmaceutical production, renewable energy, civil aviation and agriculture.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man (left) and Salvador Valdes Mesa, First Vice President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers of Cuba. (Source: VNA)
Havana (VNA) - Cuban leaders have voiced their belief that with fine traditionalpolitical ties and huge potential, Vietnam and Cuba will enjoy specific and pragmaticdevelopments in their bilateral cooperation, especially in health care, pharmaceuticalproduction, renewable energy, civil aviation and agriculture.
Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba CentralCommittee Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, and Politburo member Salvador ValdesMesa, who is First Vice President of the Council of State and the Council ofMinisters of Cuba, made the remarks while receiving Tran Thanh Man, Presidentof the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee.
At the meetings, the hosts expressed their condolences overthe passing of President Tran Dai Quang, who, they said, is a close friend ofCuban people.
They noted with pleasure progresses made in the traditionalfriendship between Vietnam and Cuba over the past time, especially the Statevisit to Cuba by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam CentralCommittee Nguyen Phu Trong in March 2018, and activities marking 45 years ofthe historic trip to Vietnam by Cuban leader Fidel Castro (September 1973).
Both highly valued outcomes of collaboration between Vietnamand Cuba in general, and between the VFF and Cuba’s Committee for the Defenceof Revolution (CDR) in particular.
For his part, Man reiterated the viewpoints of theVietnamese Party, State and people on supporting the just struggle of Cuba inany circumstances.
The official said he is impressed by the scientific and effectiveorganisation of the ninth congress of the CDR that concluded on September 28.
Man pledged to make greater efforts to develop thetraditional friendship and comprehensive cooperation between the two countries,particularly the special solidarity between the two peoples.
The same day, the VFF delegation wrapped up their trip tothe Caribbean country.-VNA
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President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man (left) and Salvador Valdes Mesa, First Vice President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers of Cuba. (Source: VNA) 
