Vietnam - Cuba "accompany, cooperate, develop together"

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man holds talks with President of the National Assembly of People's Power and President of the Council of State of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández. Photo: Pham Thang

As reported by the People's Representative Newspaper, on the afternoon of September 30, at the National Assembly House, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man presided over the welcoming ceremony for the President of the National Assembly of the People's Power, President of the Council of State of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández. Immediately after the welcoming ceremony, the two National Assembly Chairmen held talks.

In a friendly atmosphere, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and National Assembly Chairman Esteban Lazo Hernández shared about the situation in each country and the recent activities of the two National Assemblies; discussed directions and measures to continue strengthening the special friendship, solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between the Parties, States, National Assemblies and peoples of Vietnam and Cuba, as well as regional and international issues of mutual concern.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man speaks at the talks. Photo: Pham Thang

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man was delighted and warmly welcomed National Assembly Chairman Esteban Lazo Hernández and the high-ranking delegation of the Cuban National Assembly on their official visit to Vietnam, especially on the occasion of Vietnam celebrating the 80th anniversary of the successful August Revolution, Vietnam's National Day on September 2, and the two countries celebrating the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations (December 2, 1960 - December 2, 2025), the "Vietnam - Cuba Friendship Year"; he believed that this visit by Comrade Esteban Lazo Hernández would contribute to further deepening the exemplary relationship between the two countries in general and the two National Assemblies in particular.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man affirmed that he always attaches importance to and wishes to further deepen the special traditional relationship and comprehensive cooperation with the brotherly country of Cuba; highly appreciates and congratulates the positive achievements that the Party, State, National Assembly and people of the brotherly country of Cuba have achieved since the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba up to now, overcoming many challenges to continue to firmly defend the Fatherland and steadfastly on the path of building a socialist Cuba.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man speaks at the talks. Photo: Lam Hien

On behalf of the leaders of the Party, State, National Assembly and people of Cuba, President Esteban Lazo Hernández expressed solidarity and sympathy with the country and people of Vietnam for the difficulties and severe consequences of the recent storms No. 9 and No. 10. President Esteban Lazo Hernández sincerely thanked the leaders of the Vietnamese National Assembly for their warm, friendly and thoughtful reception, demonstrating the special friendship, traditional solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba; and thanked the Party, State, National Assembly and people of Vietnam for their sincere and pure solidarity and support, both spiritually and materially, for the Cuban Revolution in the cause of defending, building and developing the country, especially in times of many challenges and difficulties.

President of the National Assembly of People's Power and President of the Council of State of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández speaks at the talks. Photo: Lam Hien

Expressing his sincere gratitude for the participation and support of the Vietnamese people and the donation and support movement for Cuba launched by the Vietnam Fatherland Front and implemented by the Vietnam Red Cross, National Assembly President Esteban Lazo Hernández considered this a manifestation of the deep solidarity and special relationship between the two countries, saying that Cuba will use this meaningful aid to solve the most urgent socio-economic problems, serving to improve people's lives.

National Assembly President Esteban Lazo Hernández congratulated Vietnam on successfully organizing important commemorative activities in 2025; affirmed that the Party, State, National Assembly and people of Cuba have full confidence that the Vietnamese people, under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, will successfully implement the goals set by the 13th National Congress, achieving even greater achievements in the country's new development era.

The two leaders reviewed the overall bilateral agenda and agreed on measures to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in general and the two National Assemblies in particular in the spirit of "jointly accompanying, cooperating and developing together"; agreed to assess the vibrant and substantial development of the special friendship between Vietnam and Cuba in recent times in the context of complicated developments in the world situation, demonstrating the "exemplary" relationship between the two countries in international relations.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh and representatives of the Vietnamese delegation attended the talks. Photo: Lam Hien

The two sides were pleased to see that the good political-diplomatic relations, solidarity, closeness and trust between the two countries have reached a new level of development, depth and substance in all three channels of Party diplomacy, State diplomacy and people-to-people diplomacy through two State visits by General Secretary To Lam in September 2024 and First Secretary and President Miguel Diaz-Canel in September 2025.

Economic, trade and investment relations have made great strides in areas essential to the Cuban economy, in a practical and effective manner, with initial success in implementing a number of important cooperation projects, in line with the needs and potentials of each side in the fields of agriculture-food, biotechnology-pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, and consumer goods production. Cooperation in the fields of culture, education, people-to-people exchange and between the central and local levels has become increasingly in-depth, practical and diverse.

Delegates of the Vietnamese delegation attending the talks. Photo: Pham Thang

The two National Assembly Chairmen assessed that the relationship between the two legislative bodies has been consolidated and enhanced through regular and flexible exchange of information, sharing of experience in organizing the activities of the National Assembly, building institutions, laws and supervising the implementation of laws, and deciding on important issues of the country.

The two National Assembly Chairmen agreed to continue to increase delegation exchanges at all levels in the coming time, regularly maintain cooperation mechanisms between the two Parties, Governments, National Assemblies and bilateral political-diplomatic, economic-trade and defense mechanisms. The two sides also agreed to continue to coordinate to promote the effective implementation of legal policies to support businesses, increase investment in areas suitable to the needs, conditions and capacity of each country; create conditions and supervise the effective implementation of agreed key cooperation projects; and concretize other potential cooperation areas such as tourism, telecommunications, digital transformation, etc.

The two sides agreed to enhance the exchange of experiences between the two countries and the two National Assemblies in law-making, implementing major policies of the Party in the New Era, preparing and effectively implementing the Party Congresses of Vietnam and Cuba in 2026; sharing experiences, encouraging business development, attracting foreign investment, financial management, developing agricultural production, applying science and technology, digital transformation and other areas of mutual interest to the two National Assemblies, thereby contributing to consolidating, diversifying and improving the effectiveness of the comprehensive cooperation relationship between Vietnam and Cuba.

The two leaders also agreed to create conditions and encourage people's organizations and localities to maintain regular relations, coordinate to effectively implement agreements and commitments between the leaders of the two countries, promote new cooperation methods, focus on practical effectiveness, and continue to propagate, mobilize people and educate the young generation of the two countries about the tradition of exemplary good relations between Vietnam and Cuba.

The two National Assembly Chairmen also discussed international and regional issues of mutual concern; agreed to continue consultation, close coordination and mutual support at international organizations and multilateral forums of which the two countries' National Assemblies are members, especially at the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

On this occasion, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man conveyed his regards to Cuban Revolutionary Leader, General Raul Castro Ruz and other high-ranking Cuban leaders. National Assembly Chairman Esteban Lazo Hernandez invited National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man to pay an official visit to Cuba. National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man sincerely thanked him and happily accepted the invitation.

On the same evening, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man hosted a reception to welcome Cuban National Assembly Chairman Esteban Lazo Hernandez and a high-ranking delegation of the Cuban Party and State on the occasion of their official visit to Vietnam.

According to the program, tomorrow morning, October 1, the two National Assembly Chairmen will co-chair the second meeting of the Vietnam-Cuba Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

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