Politburo member, Secretary of Party Central Committee (PCC) and Head of the PCC’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation, VCFA President Truong Thi Mai. (Photo: Cuban Embassy in Vietnam)
Addressing the ceremony, Politburo member, Secretary of Party Central Committee (PCC) and Head of the PCC’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation, Truong Thi Mai, who is also President of the VCFA, affirmed that the special friendship between Vietnam and Cuba is an invaluable asset that has been nurtured by generations of leaders and people of the two countries.
The World Festival of Youth and Students held in Cuba left a good impression on the young Vietnamese people who had the chance to visit the beautiful and hospitable country, she added.
Stressing that 2018 is the year with many important events in consolidating and strengthening the friendship between Vietnam and Cuba such as the 45th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s historic visit to the southern liberation zone of Vietnam in Quang Tri (September 1973-2018), Politburo member Truong Thi Mai suggested that the ministries and sectors of the two countries continue to promote the exchange of delegations and organise more cultural activities, contributing to the solidarity and close relationship between the two peoples.
Standing Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Nguyen Anh Tuan highlighted the special friendship and traditional relations between Vietnam and Cuba, adding that the special amity and solidarity between the two countries, which have become a symbol of the era and valuable asset of the two countries’ Parties and people.
He noted that the relations between the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Cuba’s Young Communist League have been reinforced and developed through cooperation programmes.
Politburo member Mai presented USD 50,000 raised by former Vietnamese young participant at the 11th Festival to the “Tio Ho” (Uncle Ho) primary school in Cuba. (Photo: NDO)
At the ceremony, Politburo member Mai presented USD 50,000 raised by former Vietnamese young participant at the 11th World Festival of Youth and Students to the “Tio Ho” (Uncle Ho) primary school in Cuba
In addition, the Pacific Group Corporation introduced a collection of artworks entitled "My Homeland". More than 50 selected works displayed in the collection are paintings by the Fine Arts College of Indochina‘s artists such as Nguyen Trong Hop, Mai Van Hien, Mai Van Nam and Ton Duc Luong. , Van Giao, Van Binh, Nguyen Van Thien, Phan Thong, Nguyen Nhu Huan, etc.
The 11th World Festival of Youth and Students took place from July 28 to August 5, 1978, in Havana, Cuba, with the participation of more than 20,000 delegates from 145 countries and territories worldwide, representing more than 2,000 youth and students' organisations around the world.
Cuba hosted the 11th Festival in 1978 and the 14th in 1997./.
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