The visit has been made at the invitation of the Vietnamese Party and State leaders, the ministry said in its announcement released on September 22.

During his stay, Esteban Lazo Hernandez will attend a ceremony to mark 50 years of leader Fidel Castro’s trip to the liberated zone in Southern Vietnam.

During a meeting with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel in New York on the sidelines of the ongoing 78th UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed the Party, State, Government, National Assembly and people of Vietnam will never forget Cuba’s wholehearted support for Vietnam’s national liberation struggle in the past.

Chinh also said Vietnam is determined to deepen the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Cuba, as well as to support the just revolutionary cause of the Cuban people.

President Miguel Díaz-Canel affirmed that the Cuba-Vietnam relationship is a noble symbol of comradeship and close friendship, founded by President Fidel Castro of Cuba and President Ho Chi Minh of Vietnam, and cultivated by generations of leaders of the two countries over the past decades.

He also thanked the Government and people of Vietnam for their support to help Cuba overcome difficulties caused by western sanctions.

Source: VOV