The first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Raúl Castro, and the president of the island, Miguel Díaz-Canel, sent congratulatory messages to their Vietnamese counterparts on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the independence of the Indochinese nation.
I am convinced that Cuba and Vietnam will continue to consolidate the historical ties of brotherhood and cooperation that have characterized our relations, says the letter sent by Raúl Castro to the secretary general of the Communist Party and president of this country, Nguyen Phu Trong.
For his part, the president of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba reaffirmed to Phu Trong ‘the will to continue strengthening the historic ties of brotherhood, solidarity and cooperation between our peoples, parties and governments.
The Cuban Foreign Minister joined in the congratulation
Also the head of Foreign Relations of the Caribbean nation, Bruno Rodriguez, transmitted ‘cordial congratulations’ for the date to his Vietnamese couple and deputy prime minister, Pham Binh Minh, and reiterated his interest in continuing to consolidate the collaboration and ties between the two foreign ministries. .
The messages of the Cuban leaders were among the first among the dozens of salutations arrived here on the occasion of Independence Day.
On September 2, 1945, President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence of Vietnam in the capital city of Ba Dinh against the defeated French colonialism. But the selfless nation of Southeast Asia still had to fight another 30 years and offer the lives of millions of their children to defeat the invasion of US troops and get the reunification of the country.
