Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. -“We feel a great pride to be again in this heroic land,” said the member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist party of Cuba and vice president of the Republic, Salvador Valdés Mesa, to fellow Duong Nhoc Hai, first vice president of the popular committee of the important city of southern Vietnam, who welcomed him to his arrival this Sunday to the International Airport this Sunday. Vietnamese of Ho Chi Minh.
The leader of the Asian nation told the Cuban vicemandatary that he constituted for him an honor to receive him in the city host of national tributes by the half century of the great victory of the Vietnamese people over American imperialism.
After the first greetings Valdés Mesa told the authorities of the Brother country that before arriving in Vietnam, he attended on behalf of Cuban people, the state and government at the funerals of Pope Francis, at which time he highlighted the special relationship of the Supreme Pontiff with Cuba.
The president vice expressed to Duong Nhoc Hai his satisfaction for reaching this sister nation to “share with the Vietnamese authorities the joy of the fifty years of the liberation of South Vietnam and national reconciliation.”
In statements to the press, Valdés Mesa transferred a fraternal greeting to the heroic and victorious Vietnamese on behalf of the Cuban party, the people and government on a special occasion as the 50th anniversary of the great victory of April 30, 1975.
Likewise, the Vice President of the Republic said that Cuba has relations with the Vietnamese people, historical bonds of brotherhood between both peoples, promoted by leaders Fidel Castro and Ho Chi Minh in the highest priority value.
He also highlighted the wide bilateral collaboration that exists in the economic order, food production, health and biotechnology; And he thanked Vietnam for his solidarity in the complex moments we live.
Towards the end of the dialogue the vicemandatary said he was proud to represent Cuba in this commemoration that has so much historical significance, which, he said, transcended the borders of Vietnam and concluded: “We come to share with the Vietnamese brothers that jubilation.”
Present in the reception to the vice chief of state and the accompanying delegation, the Cuban ambassador to the Asian nation Rogelio Polanco Fuentes and the general consul in this city in southern Vietnam, Ariadne Feo Labrada.
The Cuban vice president during his visit to the city Ho Chi Minh will hold official conversations with relevant authorities of the party, the State and government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, will travel places of productive, historical and cultural interest, and will participate, on April 30, in the ceremony and military parade for the 50 years of the liberation of South Vietnam and the national reunification.
This 2025 was declared a year of Vietnam-Cuba friendship by the multiple common commemorations, including the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, and the half century that the Northern Vietnam Army next to the town, after more than two decades of bloody war against the United States, entered Victorious to Saigon, today Ho Chi Minh City, and proclaim 1975, the total liberation of South Vietnam.
