Vietnam, Cuba to strengthen relations

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s special envoy and Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee's Commission for External Affairs Hoang Binh Quan is currently on a working visit to Cuba to report on the deliberations of the 12th National Party Congress. During a meeting with President of the Council of State of Cuba Raul Castro in Havana on Tuesday, he expressed his hopes that the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Cuba would deepen. Raul Castro congratulated Quan on the success of the congress, noting that the event would lay an important political foundation for Vietnam’s renewal process and construction of socialism. During his stay, the special envoy also held talks with Cuban Party secretary Rose Jose Ramon Balaguer, and laid wreaths at the Statue of Ho Chi Minh and the José Martí Memorial in the Cuban capital of Havana.