Top Cuban legislator starts Vietnam visit

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc and other senior Vietnamese officials welcome the top Cuban legislator at Noi Bai International Airport.

Welcoming the Cuban leader at Noi Bai International Airport were Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Thanh Tung, and Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolas Hernandez Guillen.

During his visit, Esteban Lazo Hernandez will pay a courtesy call on Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, and meet with President Vo Van Thuong and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

He will offer flowers at the Fidel Castro Monument and visit the Vietnam - Cuba Friendship Hospital in Quang Binh province, and meet with local leaders.

President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez is welcomed in Hanoi. (Photo: The National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba)

In Quang Tri province, the top Cuban legislator will visit Hien Luong Bridge, the Museum of Hien Luong - Ben Hai special national relic site, and the relic site of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam in Cam Lo district. He will also offer flowers and plant trees at Fidel Park.

Esteban Lazo Hernandez will join Politburo member, permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and head of committee’s Organization Commission Truong Thi Mai at a September 26 celebration of the 50th anniversary of leader Fidel Castro's visit to the liberated zone in Central Vietnam.

Source: VNA