HÀ NỘI – Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng lauded the visit by Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) Central Committee and head of the CPC Central Committee’s Department of External Relations Jose Ramon Balaguer during a reception in Hà Nội yesterday.
Trọng told his guest that reciprocal visits by high-ranking Party and State leaders and increased economic, trade and people-to-people exchange over the past few years are vivid manifestations of the exemplary fraternal ties, traditional friendship, comprehensive cooperation and loyal solidarity between the two Parties, States and peoples.
The special relationship between the two Parties and nations is an invaluable asset that is always maintained, protected, fostered and handed down to younger generations, he said.
Jose Ramon Balaguer, who is in Việt Nam for the third theoretical seminar between the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) and CPC, expressed his belief that Việt Nam will continue reaping more successes in the implementation of resolutions adopted by the 12th National Party Congress.
Informing the host of the seminar held the same day, the Cuban guest spoke highly of the significance of the event, especially in the context that Cuba is actively embarking on the policy of updating socio-economic development model.
At the seminar, Nguyễn Văn Nên, head of the Vietnamese delegation, and Jose Ramon Balaguer shared the view that the event affords both sides a chance to share experience in theoretical issues and reality in the process of socialism building in each country.
Earlier the same day, the Cuban official met Politburo member, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, who is former President of the Việt Nam-Cuba Friendship Association (VCFA).
While in Việt Nam, the CPC delegation held working sessions with leaders of the CPV’s Commission for External Relations, Commission for Popularisation and Education, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, the Communist Review, the VCFA and visited several socio-economic establishments in Hà Nội and the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc.— VNS