In a tweet posted on his X account, the president said that “we will not tire of saying that the friendship between Cuba and Vietnam is special,” a fact that from his perspective “is confirmed by history and the feeling of affection between both peoples.

According to the Cuban head of state, this brotherhood characterized the meeting he held the day before at the Palace of the Revolution, seat of the Government, with the general secretary of the Communist Party and president of that Asian nation, To Lam.

“It was an honor to place the Order of José Martí on his chest,” Díaz-Canel wrote on the social network.

In the context of the State visit to the Caribbean island by the highest Vietnamese authority, seven agreements were signed related to inter-party ties, public health, rice production and banking.

In addition, both nations signed a joint declaration that reinforces mutual brotherhood, rejects the US blockade against Cuba, and demands the exclusion of the island from the unjust US list of countries that supposedly sponsor terrorism.

Both parties reviewed the progress of joint businesses in the Mariel Special Development Zone and agreed on the delivery of a donation from Vietnam to the Cuban people, consisting of 10 thousand tons of rice, among other official activities.

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