Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy Nguyen Thi Bich Hue has paid a working visit to the Veneto region to promote economic and trade cooperation between the two sides.

Leaders of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples (ICAP) held talks on November 23 evening to discuss ways to tighten friendship between the two agencies in particular and between Vietnam and Cuba in general.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Ha Kim Ngoc presented the Friendship Order from the President to Lianys Torres Rivera, former Ambassador of Cuba to Vietnam at a ceremony on November 22.

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education and the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) Central Committee’s Ideological Department held an online talk on November 18 to discuss further tightening ties between the two Parties and nations.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Construction Bui Hong Minh and Cuban Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Déborah Rivas Saavedra co-chaired an online meeting on November 5 to facilitate greater investment by Vietnamese enterprises in Cuba.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 29 for new Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolás Hernández Guillén, on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the historic meeting between President Ho Chi Minh and leader of the Cuban revolution Raul Castro.

Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations Vu Hai Ha has been elected as Chairman of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association for the 2021-2025 tenure.

Cuban journalist and writer Marta Rojas, a close friend of Vietnam who had witnessed the country’s struggle for national defence passed away on October 3.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his entourage on board a Vietnam Airlines flight returned to Hanoi on September 25 evening from their working trips to Cuba and the United States, bringing home the Abdala COVID-19 vaccine and medical equipment from Cuba and Vietnamese expatriates.

VOV.VN - Cuba has donated 1.05 million doses of its Abdala COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam that are on board President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s plane due to arrive in Hanoi on September 25 evening.