VFF President pays respect to Cuban leader Fidel Castro
VOV.VN - On November 29, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan paid tribute to late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Ruz at the Cuban Embassy in Hanoi.
Writing on the funeral book, Nhan expressed deep sorrow at the death of the great Cuban leader, saying that Vietnamese people always keep in their mind the warm sentiments and wholehearted support that comrade Fidel Castro gave to Vietnam during the past struggles for national independence, reunification and the building of socialism.
“The Vietnamese people and I myself admire the great devotion of comrade Fidel Castro to the national liberation and national development of Cuba as well as the struggle for national independence and progress in the world,” he wrote.As many as 60 delegations and thousands of people paid tribute to the late Cuban leader at the Cuban Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City over the past two days.
Along with leaders from Ho Chi Minh City and a number of localities, including Ben Tre and Binh Duong, former President Nguyen Minh Triet, former Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoang Quan and former Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Party Committee Le Thanh Hai also paid homage to Fidel Castro.
The Cuban Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City will open the funeral book for Fidel Castro Ruz until December 4.