Delegation of Nghe An province attended the opening of the 10th Congress of the Committee for the Defense of the Cuban Revolution
(Baonghean.vn) - At the invitation of the Cuban Revolutionary Defense Committee, on the morning of September 27 (local time), comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and a delegation of Nghe An province went to Cuba to attend the opening session of the 10th Congress of the Cuban Revolutionary Defense Committee.

Also attending the opening ceremony of the Congress was comrade Truong Thi Ngoc Anh - Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.
The delegation of Nghe An province included members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee: Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; Ngoc Kim Nam - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission; Bui Thanh An - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, along with comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, leaders of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and Nghe An Department of Foreign Affairs.

The Committee for the Defense of the Cuban Revolution is an organization of neighborhood committees across Cuba, established by leader Fidel Castro on September 28, 1960, to detect and crush all anti-revolutionary plots of hostile forces at home and abroad, and to protect Cuba's young revolutionary government after the 1959 revolution.

The delegation from Vietnam, from the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh, was warmly welcomed by the entire Congress. Speaking at the opening of the Congress, comrade Gerardo Hernandez Nordelo - Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Chairman of the Committee for the Defense of the Cuban Revolution affirmed: In the new term, the Committee for the Defense of the Cuban Revolution will continue to firmly follow the revolutionary path of President Fidel Castro, innovate the content and methods of operation, build a strong organization from the Central to the grassroots, focus on mobilizing the people to make efforts to develop the economy, overcome difficulties caused by the enemy's embargo, protect and promote the achievements of the Cuban revolution.

On this occasion, Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and the delegation of Nghe An province met with the leaders of the Cuban Revolutionary Defense Committee of Holguin province - the hometown of President Fidel Castro. At the meeting, the two sides discussed cooperation opportunities to promote potential and open up activities in the fields of agriculture, trade, education, health care, etc. between the two provinces.
Authorized by the Party Committee and the government of Holguin province, comrade Yailin Alvarez Velazquez - Chairman of the Committee for the Defense of the Cuban Revolution of Holguin province expressed his wish to soon build a cooperative relationship in many aspects with Nghe An province.
On behalf of the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, comrade Nguyen Van Thong agreed on the policy and assigned the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee to preside over and coordinate with the Department of Foreign Affairs to connect and advise on a specific cooperation plan to report to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee.
On behalf of the leaders of Nghe An province, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong presented Holguin province with some documents about President Ho Chi Minh and 5,000 USD to equip some additional working facilities for Hoiguin province.


Comrade Nguyen Van Thong and the delegation of Nghe An province visited and discussed the general situation with the leaders of the Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba. Photo: Nguyen Mai Linh

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong presents gifts from Nghe An province to staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba. Photo: Nguyen Mai Linh
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