Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong gets warm welcome on Cuba tour

First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee and President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro Ruz (L) hosts an official welcome ceremony for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong in Havana on March 29 afternoon (local time) (Photo: VNA)

The two leaders inspect the guard of honour (Photo: VNA)

After the welcome ceremony, CPV General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and First Secretary of the PCC Central Committee and President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro Ruz hold talks (Photo: VNA)

CPV General Secretary of Nguyen Phu Trong is paying a State visit to Cuba from March 28 to 31 (Photo: VNA)

CPV General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong meets Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of the National Assembly of the People's Power of Cuba on March 29 (Photo: VNA)

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Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visits a computer lab of Vo Thi Thang Elementary School in Havana on March 29. The lab, his gift to the school, is equipped with 30 computer sets. Founded in 1968, the school was named after the Vietnamese heroine in the anti-war campaign (Photo: VNA

Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong delivers a remark before teachers and students at Vo Thi Thang Elementary School in Havana on March 29 (Photo: VNA)

Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong is greeted by students of Vo Thi Thang Elementary School in Havana on March 29 (Photo: VNA)

Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong visits Vo Thi Thang Elementary School in Havana on March 29 (Photo: VNA)

Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong visits the University of Havana on March 29 (Photo: VNA)

Rector of the University of Havana Gustavo Cobreiro Suárez awards Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong with the Doctor Honoris Causa title in political science (Photo: VNA)

Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong visits the University of Havana on March 29 (Photo: VNA)

Party chief delivers a speech at the University of Havana on March 29 (Photo: VNA)

Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong attends the closing ceremony of a meeting between young Vietnamese and Cuban people. At this event, the Vietnamese side also presents the Friendship Order to former Cuban military experts (Photo: VNA)