The Cuban Revolutionary Defense Committee delegation commemorates President Ho Chi Minh at the Kim Lien Special National Relic Site.

Delegation of the Cuban Revolutionary Defense Committee offered incense and flowers to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Comrade Gerardo Hernandez Nordelo - Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Member of the State Council, Chairman of the Committee for the Defense of the Cuban Revolution led the delegation. Accompanying comrades were: Katiuska Mildestein Alfonso - Chairman of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution of Villa Clara Province; Joy ​​Pants Saldise - Deputy Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in Vietnam and officials of the Cuban Embassy in Vietnam.

Also participating in the delegation were comrades: Nguyen Huu Dung - Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Nguyen Anh Duc - Deputy Head of the Foreign Affairs and Overseas Vietnamese Department, Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrade Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and representatives of a number of relevant departments and offices.

Delegation commemorates President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In the 1960s, when the Vietnamese people were concentrating their efforts on simultaneously carrying out two strategic tasks: building socialism in the North and fighting to liberate the South; on the other side of the world, the Cuban people were also facing the sabotage plots and acts of sabotage by imperialist forces.

On December 2, 1960, the young government led by the late leader Fidel made Cuba the first country in the Western Hemisphere to establish full diplomatic relations with Vietnam.

Comrade Gerardo Hernandez Nordelo - Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Member of the State Council, Chairman of the Cuban Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, offered flowers to the soul of President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The similarities in the process of building and defending the country, the aspirations and revolutionary ideals, and the heroic tradition of independence, freedom, sovereignty and self-determination of the two nations have created the opportunity and solid foundation for the special relationship between Vietnam and Cuba.

The friendly, loyal and pure relationship, continued and nurtured by President Ho Chi Minh, leader Fidel and generations of leaders and people of the two countries, has become a valuable asset for the cause of protecting and building socialism in each country.

Over the past 60 years, since the two countries established diplomatic relations, the special friendship between Vietnam and Cuba has been increasingly strengthened and developed. The two peoples of Vietnam and Cuba have always stood side by side in the struggle for independence and freedom as well as in the cause of building and defending the socialist Fatherland in each country.

Comrade Gerardo Hernandez Nordelo - Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Member of the State Council, Chairman of the Committee for the Defense of the Cuban Revolution, offered incense to the soul of President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Comrade Nguyen Huu Dung - Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front offers incense to the soul of President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Offering incense and flowers to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh at the Kim Lien National Special Relic Site, the delegation of the Cuban Revolutionary Defense Committee expressed their respect to the great leader of the Vietnamese people. He devoted his entire life to the cause of national liberation of the Vietnamese people, tirelessly striving for peace and progress around the world.

The delegation listened to an introduction about Uncle Ho's family at the Kim Lien National Special Relic Site. Photo: Thanh Cuong