Chairwoman of
the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (R) and President of the
Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples Fernando Gonzalez Llort. (Photo:
VNA)
The honour was presented to the senior Vietnamese legislator by Fernando Gonzalez Llort, President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples (ICAP), in Hanoi, on April 11. Expressing her pride and honour to receive the award, NA Chairwoman Ngan pledged to do her utmost to consolidate and further develop the bilateral relationship. Fernando Gonzalez Llort said that the award recognises NA Chair
Ngan’s contributions to the bilateral ties in her capacity as President of
the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association (VCFA), and in various other
positions.
As President of the VCFA, she had joined together with the
Cuba-Vietnam Friendship Association to carry out a range of exchange
activities, he added.
He recalled the time when NA Chairwoman Ngan led a Vietnamese
delegation to pay tribute to Cuban Leader Fidel castro in 2016.
Highlighting the tightened friendship between Vietnam and Cuba
in the combat against poverty and under-development, Fernando Gonzalez Llort
promised that he, in his capacity of the ICAP President, will make further
efforts to foster the solidarity between the Parties, Governments and people
of the two countries.
The same day, the senior Vietnamese legislator hosted a
reception for Fernando Gonzalez Llort and members of the delegation, during
which they expressed their delight over the successful trip made by Party
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to Cuba in March.
They said that the visit served as an impetus to enhance the
traditional friendship between the two countries and stressed that the
Vietnam-Cuba solidarity and comprehensive cooperation has been strengthened
over the past six decades. This is a valuable asset that the Parties, States
and peoples need to treasure and educate the younger generations on.
Lauding Cuba for its socio-economic achievements, NA Chairwoman
Ngan hoped that the country would successfully carry out the update of
Economic Model.
She stressed that the bilateral relations have been developed in
various channels, including Party, State and people-to-people diplomacy,
adding that the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association is one of the
organisations that is deploying numerous practical activities to promote the
friendship between the two countries.
She said she believed that Fernando Gonzalez Llort would do his
utmost to develop the relations between Cuba and other foreign countries,
including Vietnam.
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Source:
NDO