The Vietnamese delegate pays tribute to Cuban national heroes and revolutionary leaders at the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery. (Photo: VNA)Vietnamese people always remember Cuban leader FidelCastro’s saying “For Vietnam, Cuba is willing to shed its blood,” Tung said,affirming Vietnam’s solidarity with the Caribbean nation.
While in Santiago de Cuba, Tung and his entourage laidwreaths at the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in tribute to Cuban national heroes and revolutionaryleaders.
Secretary of the Party Committee of Santiago de Cubaprovince José Ramón Monteagudo Ruíz and Governor Beatriz Johnson Urrutia joinedthe Vietnamese delegation at the ceremony.
At a meetingwith local leaders, Tung stressed that his visit takes place in the context thatVietnam and Cuba are organising a range of activities marking milestones in theirrelations.
Fifty years ago, Fidel made his first visit to Vietnamfrom September 12-17, 1973. He was the first and only foreign leader to visitthe southern liberation area of Vietnam when the war was ongoing.
This year also marks the 60th foundinganniversary of the Cuban Committee for Solidarity with South Vietnam, he said.
The host leaders expressed their wish to learn moreabout Vietnam’s socio-economic development model, and that more and more Vietnamesebusinesses will operate there.
Tung also paid tributeto Cuban heroes and martyrs at the Mausoleum for the Heroes and Martyrs of theSecond Eastern Front Frank País García, and visited the Vietnam-Cuba friendshipschool, and the July 26 Museum, the former Moncada Barracks./.
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