Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolás Hernández Guillén held a working session with authorities of the central province of Quang Tri on February 27 to discuss activities marking the 50th anniversary of Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s visit to the liberated area in the south of Vietnam (September 1973).

Politburo member and Minister of Public Security General To Lam concluded a three-day official visit to Cuba on October 14.

VOV.VN - Ahead of the official visit to Vietnam from September 28 to October 2 by Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Thanh Tung has given an interview to the media in Havana to discuss the significance and purpose of the visit.

Representatives of the Communist Parties of Vietnam and Cuba on August 24 reaffirmed their willingness to strengthen the existing brotherly relations between the two nations, and bilateral exchange on political-ideological work.

A get-together was held by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) on July 25 to mark the 69th anniversary of the Moncada Barracks attack in Cuba (July 26).

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent a wreath to the funeral service of Cuban journalist - writer Marta Rojas held at the headquarters of Granma newspaper on October 5.

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.

Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolás Hernández Guillén has appreciated President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to Cuba from September 18-21, affirming that the outcomes of the visit will contribute to deepening the time-tested friendship and solidarity between the two countries.

Algerian newspapers and websites have published stories to mark the 110th birthday anniversary of late Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap (August 25, 1911 – 2021), stressing his military talent and influence on the revolutionary movement of oppressed people around the world.

VOV.VN - Both sides have emphasized the significance of cooperation in COVID-19 vaccine production as a way to help Vietnam carry out its dual goal while improving the commercial potential of the Caribbean nation’s science research, health care and vaccine production in Asia and the wider world.