The messages by Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, State President Nguyen Minh Triet and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, were addressed to Fidel Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party Central Committee (CCPCC), and Raul Castro Ruz, Second Secretary of the CCPCC and President of the Council of State and Government.

On the occasion, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong conveyed congratulations to his Cuban counterpart, Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada.

Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem also sent congratulations to Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla.