President of the Cuban National Assembly Esteban Lazo Hernández arrives in Hanoi, beginning an official visit to Vietnam

At the invitation of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, this morning, September 30, President of the National Assembly of the People's Government, President of the State Council (President of the National Assembly) of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández arrived in Hanoi, starting an official visit to Vietnam and co-chairing the 2nd meeting of the Vietnam - Cuba Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee from September 30 to October 5.

Báo Đại biểu Nhân dân•30/09/2025

Cuba-Sanbay-2 — Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh welcomes President of the Cuban National Assembly Esteban Lazo Hernandez at Noi Bai International Airport

Welcoming President of the Cuban National Assembly Esteban Lazo Hernández at Noi Bai International Airport were: Party Central Committee member, Vice President of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang; National Assembly deputy working full-time at the Committee for National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs Thai Quynh Mai Dung; Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Rogelio Polanco Fuentes and officials and staff of the Cuban Embassy in Vietnam.

Cuba-Sanbay-3 — Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang welcomed President of the Cuban National Assembly Esteban Lazo Hernandez at Noi Bai International Airport.

The Cuban delegation included: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to Vietnam Rogelio Polanco Fuentes; Secretary General of the National Assembly of People's Power, Secretary General of the Council of State Homero Acosta Alvarez; Coordinator of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly and the Council of State Martha Hernández Romero; Chairman of the Food and Agriculture Committee of the National Assembly and the Council of State Ramon Osmani Aguilar Betancourt; Chairman of the Health and Sports Committee of the National Assembly and the Council of State Cristina Luna Morales; Chairman of the Economic Committee of the National Assembly and the Council of State Felix Martínez Suarez.

Cuba- Sanbay-4 — Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang; full-time National Assembly member of the Committee for National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs Thai Quynh Mai Dung welcomed President of the Cuban National Assembly Esteban Lazo Hernández at Noi Bai International Airport.

Taking place right after the State visit to Vietnam by First Secretary and President of Cuba Miguel Diaz Canel in early September and the State visit to Cuba by General Secretary and President To Lam in 2024, the visit by National Assembly President Esteban Lazo Hernández is of great significance in continuing to promote the effective implementation of high-level agreements between the two countries, especially in the fields of agriculture, energy, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

The visit continues to comprehensively and substantially deploy the Party's foreign relations channels, State diplomacy and people-to-people diplomacy, the pillars of relations in politics - diplomacy, national defense - security, economy, trade, investment, culture, education and people-to-people exchange; continue to strongly promote the role of parliamentary cooperation, contributing to opening up prospects for substantive cooperation in many fields, from parliament, politics to economy, trade, science - technology, high-tech agriculture.

Cuba- Sanbay-7 — Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh; Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Rogelio Polanco Fuentes welcomed President of the Cuban National Assembly Esteban Lazo Hernández

According to the program, during the visit, the Cuban National Assembly Chairman is expected to meet with General Secretary To Lam, President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; hold talks and, together with National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, co-chair the second meeting of the Vietnam-Cuba Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

Cuba-Sanbay-8 — Vice President of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh and President of the Cuban National Assembly Esteban Lazo Hernández

Cuba- Sanbay-11 — Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang; full-time National Assembly delegate at the Committee for National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs Thai Quynh Mai Dung welcomed President of the Cuban National Assembly Esteban Lazo Hernández

The Cuban National Assembly President will also visit and work in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Hung Yen, learning about development experiences in the fields of biotechnology, clean energy, telecommunications, high-tech agriculture, etc.