Vietnam, Cuba legislative bodies look to enhance cooperation

ABO/NDO – Chairman of the Cuban National Assembly (NA) Esteban Lazo Hernandez and Vietnamese NA Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu have agreed to step up the exemplary traditional cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba, and their legislative bodies in particular, during their talks in Havana, Cuba, on April 26.

Chairman of the Cuban National Assembly Esteban Lazo Hernandez (R) and Vietnamese NA Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu (Photo: VNA)

Congratulating the Cuban people on their recent achievements in legislation, particularly the approval of the new Constitution in February, NA Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu stressed that Vietnamese people always remember the valuable support of Cuban people during Vietnam’s struggles for liberation.

To foster the bilateral legislative ties, he called on the two sides to maintain regular visits and information and experience exchange while working out more cooperative projects in agriculture, biological technology, medicine, tourism, and consumer goods production.

He also voiced his hope for intensified collaboration and mutual support between the two countries at multilateral and international forums.

For his part, Cuban NA Chairman Esteban Lazo Hernandez reviewed the historic relations between Vietnam and Cuba – two nations which shared a common aspiration for independence and freedom.

He expressed his admiration for Vietnamese people’s achievements in national development and defence and conveyed his thanks for Vietnam’s continuous support to Cuba in the fight against embargoes.

He highly valued the exchange of experience and collaboration between Vietnamese and Cuban legislative bodies and reaffirmed the determination to elevate the bilateral economic and trade ties.

The same day, NA Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu and the Vietnamese NA delegation had separate meetings with Cuban Attorney General Yamila Pena Ojeda and the Head of the Department of Culture under the Communist Party of Cuba’s Central Committee, Roberto Montesino Perez, during which the two sides briefed each other on their socio-economic situations and discussed solutions to boost cooperation between the ministries and sectors of the two countries.

(Source: NDO)