Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc also cabled his message ofgreetings to his Cuban counterpart Manuel Marrero Cruz.
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan sent hergreetings to President of the National Assembly of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez.
The same day, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign MinisterPham Binh Minh also extended greetings to Cuban Foreign Minister BrunoRodriguez Parrilla.
Vietnam and Cuba established diplomatic ties on December 2,1960. Cuba was the first nation toform a Committee for Solidarity with South Vietnam, the first country in LatinAmerica to have established diplomatic ties with Vietnam, and also the first inthe Western hemisphere to receive Vietnamese students./.