Vietnam and Cuba bolster communications co-operation
VOV.VN - A delegation led by Le Quoc Minh, editor-in-chief of Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper, by a paid a visit to Cuba from June 25 to June 29.
Minh is also a member of the Party Central Committee and deputy head of its Commission for Information and Education.
During the course of the visit, the delegation met with Roberto Morales Ojeda, Politburo member and permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee (PCCCC), and Rogelio Polanco Fuentes, secretary of the PCCCC and head of its Ideological Department.
At the meeting, both sides showed their elation at seeing the strong relationship develop between the two Parties and two countries in general, as well as the process of concretizing bilateral agreements beneficial to both Cuba and Vietnam. The meetings also offered opportunities for the two sides to exchange and discuss efforts in the fight against political-ideological subversion campaigns, especially amid digital technologies and social networks booming.
The Cuban side therefore thanked Nhan Dan, the official newspaper of the Vietnamese Party, for supporting its Cuban counterpart Granma. They affirmed that the support will help Granma newspaper cope with increasingly severe limitations due to the impacts of the embargo placed against Cuba, keep up with the trend of the times, and meet the information needs during the country’s development.
For his part, Minh reaffirmed the solidarity that exists between the two countries and stressed that the support for Nhan Dan given to Granma is only part of what the Vietnamese people want to do for the Cuban people.
During the visit to the Caribbean nation, the delegation had meetings with leaders of Granma newspaper and the Cuban Journalists Association, offered floral tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at the park named after him in Havana, and visited the Fidel Castro Centre.