Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue (left) held online talks with President the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández on March 25 night. (Photo: VNA) The two leaders informed each other about theirrespective country’s recent situation, and discussed directions and measures tofurther strengthen the fraternal friendship and comprehensive cooperationbetween the Parties, National Assemblies and people of Vietnam and Cuba.
Hue stressed that Cuba always holds a veryimportant position in the heart of each Vietnamese person and that Vietnamsupports the request for ending embargo policies against Cuba.
Hernandez affirmed that Cubagives the top priority to cooperative relations with Vietnam and wants toenhance economic, trade and investment ties as well as exchanging experience inparliamentary activities with the SoutheastAsian country.
Cuba highly evaluated Vietnam’s efforts inimplementing the dual goal of combating COVID-19 and boosting economicdevelopment, he said, adding that Cuba desires to cooperate with Vietnam in thefight against the pandemic based on its current capacity.
Both leaders asserted that despite theirgeographical distance, Vietnam and Cuba have been and will be backing eachother in the process of national construction and defence. The Vietnam-Cubaspecial fraternal friendship and solidarity are a valuable asset that the twoParties, States and people need to preserve, nurture, develop and pass tofuture generations, they stressed.
They held that the bilateralrelationship has continued to witness positive development steps in the recentpast despite adverse impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. The two nations havemaintained high-level phone talks and meetings and cooperation mechanisms inthe online form, and built mechanisms to remove difficulties ineconomic-trade-investment ties. Vietnam and Cuba have assisted each other incoping with the pandemic, showing their special sentiments.
Hue affirmed that Vietnam hasattached great importance to and will continue working closely with Cuba todeploy high-level commitments and contents of bilateral cooperation, includingcooperation in health care, pharmaceuticals and COVID-19 prevention and control, reached bythe inter-government committees.
The two leaders expressed theirwish to bring economic-trade-investment ties to be on par with the traditionalfriendship between Vietnam and Cuba.
They agreed to continueincreasing the exchange of delegations at all levels in suitable forms; and organisingseminars, talks and exchange of experts to share experience in renewal, especiallyin law-making, supervision, building and perfecting the rule-governed socialistState and deciding important issues of each country.
The top legislators pledged tocreate more favourable conditions in terms of mechanism and policy forVietnamese businesses investing in Cuba, and continue promoting economic andtrade relations as well as cooperation in the fields where both nations have advantagesand potential such as agriculture, fishery, biotechnology and tourism.
On this occasion, Hue informedthat the Vietnamese NA will soon donate informatic equipment to help its Cubancounterpart improve the operational efficiency.
Hue invited Hernandez to pay anofficial visit to Vietnam, and the Cuban leader also extended his invitation tothe Vietnamese NA Chairman to visit Cuba at an appropriate time./.
