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Fidel Park inaugurated in central Quang Tri province

The central province of Quang Tri on September 15 inaugurated the Fidel Park to mark 45 years since Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s visit to the liberated region in southern Vietnam in 1973.
Fidel Park inaugurated in central Quang Tri province ảnh 1Delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate Fidel Park in Quang Tri province (Source: VNA)

Quang Tri (VNA) - The central province of Quang Tri on September15 inaugurated the Fidel Park to mark 45 years since Cuban leader FidelCastro’s visit to the liberated region in southern Vietnam in 1973.

Attending the inaugural ceremonywere First Vice President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministersof Cuba Salvador Valdés Mesa; Politburo member and permanent member of theCommunist Party of Vietnam Central Committee  (CPVCC)’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong; Politburomember, member of the CPVCC’s Secretariat and head of the CPVCC’s Commissionfor Mass Mobilisation Truong Thi Mai, who is also President of the Vietnam-CubaFriendship Association; and Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha, who is Co-chairof the Vietnam-Cuba Inter-Governmental Committee, among others.

Speaking at the event, Truong ThiMai said that the inauguration of the park on this occasion is of significance,demonstrating the love of people in Quang Tri in particular and Vietnam ingeneral for Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The brotherhood between Vietnam and Cubawill last forever, she stressed.

After the inauguration ceremony,the Vietnamese and Cuban delegates planted trees at the park.

The Fidel Park is built on anarea of 6 hectares in Dong Ha city with an investment of over 137 billion VND(5.86 million USD).

Addressing a grand meeting inQuang Tri on September 14 to celebrate the 45th anniversary of FidelCastro’s visit, Tran Quoc Vuong stated that Fidel’s trip to the liberated zonebrought solidarity and valuable support of the Cuban people to Vietnam.

His presence in the zone amidstdangers and hardships was a great source of encouragement to southern residentsand soldiers, as well as the Vietnamese people during the anti-US resistancewar, he added.

Fidel made three visits toVietnam in September 1973, December 1995, and February 2003.

He was the first foreign leaderto visit the newly-liberated area in the south of Vietnam during the anti-USresistance war. He was also a national leader who took the initiative ininternational movements to support Vietnam’s struggle for national independenceand reunification, along with its process of national development and defence.

With all his great contributions,the Cuban leader was presented with the two noblest orders of the VietnameseState: the Golden Star Order in 1982 and the Ho Chi Minh Order in 1989.–VNA
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