Cuban, Vietnamese friendship organizations strike agreement
(VOV) - The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) have signed an agreement on promoting friendship and cooperation.
VUFO President Vu Xuan Hong and ICAP President Kenia Seeanno Puig inked the deal at an April 8 ceremony in Hanoi in the presence of Cuban Ambassador Herminio Lopez Diaz and Vice President of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association Nguyen Duy Cuong.
The agreement praised Vietnam’s support for the Cuban people in their struggle against the US blockade and embargo, combined efforts in organizing national celebrations and other important events of each country, the attention to students and alumni studying as well as exchanges of information and delegations.
The agreement-the first of its kind between people’s organizations- was reached after Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s recent Cuba visit.
The document reaffirms the coordination mechanisms between the two organisations and their determination to continue working towards the strengthened friendship and solidarity between the two nations.