Cuban media have underscored the significance of President of the National Assembly of People’s Power and President of the Council of the State of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández’s official visit to Vietnam from September 30 to October 5.

VOV.VN - President of the National Assembly of People’s Power and President of the Council of State of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez and his entourage visited the Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi on October 5 as part of his official visit to Vietnam and the co-chairing of the second meeting of the Vietnam-Cuba Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

Cuba called for more Vietnamese investment in agriculture and technology, according to a meeting held between the Cuban National Assembly delegation and HCM City businesses on October 3.

Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone has sent a message of sympathy to Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, expressing solidarity following the widespread destruction caused by Typhoon Bualoi, which battered northern and central Vietnam and left casualties, property and crop losses.

Relations between Vietnam and Cuba have reached a new high, entering an era of partnership built upon a special, traditional friendship that is rare in international relations, according to Secretary of the National Assembly of the People’s Power of Cuba Homero Acosta Álvarez.

President of the National Assembly of People's Power and President of the Council of State of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez and his entourage laid wreaths and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh, a national liberation hero and a great man of culture of Vietnam, at his mausoleum in Hanoi on October 1.

PM Pham Minh Chinh reaffirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of strengthening its special brotherly bond, solidarity, traditional friendship, and comprehensive cooperation with Cuba, while receiving President of the National Assembly of People’s Power and President of the Council of State of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández.

VOV.VN - President of the National Assembly of People’s Power Esteban Lazo Hernandez arrived in Hanoi on September 30, beginning his six-day official visit to Vietnam where he is also to co-chair the second session of the Vietnam–Cuba Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

VOV.VN - Esteban Lazo Hernandez, President of the National Assembly of People’s Power, is scheduled to begin a six-day official visit to Vietnam on September 30 at the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man.

A friendly football match at Thong Nhat Stadium saw Ho Chi Minh City’s officials and civil servants take on a squad of local artists, all to toast 50 years of the city’s vibrant arts and literature scene while raising funds for Cuba.