Vo Van Thuong, First Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, made the statement at a talk with his counterpart Luidmila Alamo on May 18. 

Thuong expressed the Vietnamese youth’s determination to strengthen the solidarity and the traditional cooperative ties with the Cuba Communist Youth Union (CCYU). 

For her part, Alamo thanked the Communist Party, the state and the people of Vietnam for their solidarity with and support to the Cuban people. She briefed the Vietnamese guests on the result of the CCYU’s 9th congress in early April. 

The two sides also shared experiences in strengthening their organisations and the youth’s leadership role and discussed ways to educate and train the young generation in the cause of national construction and protection in the two countries. 

While in Cuba, Thuong and his delegation paid homage to José Martí and Melba Hernandez, the hero and heroine of the Cuban people and visited the Latin America University of Health and the Camilo Cienfuegos University.