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Book exhibition highlights Vietnam-Cuba friendship

Books highlighting the loyalty and friendship between Vietnam and Cuba are being displayed at the headquarters of the Truth National Political Publishing House in Hanoi on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of Cuba’s Giron victory (April 19).
Book exhibition highlights Vietnam-Cuba friendship ảnh 1Vu Hai Ha, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for External Relations and President of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Books highlighting theloyalty and friendship between Vietnam and Cuba are being displayed at the headquartersof the Truth National Political Publishing House in Hanoi on the occasion ofthe 61st anniversary of Cuba’s Giron victory (April 19).

The exhibition, which opened on April 19, is jointlyheld by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), the Vietnam-CubaFriendship Association and the publishing house.

The nearly 50 publications displayed also feature Cubanheroes, as well as the nation and culture of Vietnam and its foreignpolicy. They include two books by General Secretary of the Communist Party ofVietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong on Vietnam’s national construction, which werepublished in Spanish.

Vu Hai Ha, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for External Relations and President of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association, expressed his hope that the event will help Vietnamesepeople, especially youths, understand more about Cubans, thus fostering thebilateral relationship.

Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Hernández Guillén suggestedVietnam further share its experience in Doi moi (reform) and national constructionand development with the Caribbean nation.   
Pham Minh Tuan, Director and Editor-in-Chief of the TruthNational Political Publishing House, also noted his hope that the exhibition willcreate a foundation for Vietnam to expand cooperation in publication andculture with partners and friends in Cuba and Latin America at large.

In April 1961, US troops made an attempt toinvade Playa Giron, but they suffered a defeat and were thrown away from theisland. This victory later led to Cuba’s reunification./.
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