José Ramón Machado Ventura, Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and a vice president of the Councils of Ministers and State, received Tran Quoc Vuong, member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam and head of the General Office of the party’s Central Committee, on an official visit to the island on the invitation of the PCC. 

The two senior officials exchanged experiences in political-ideological and organizational work, and discussed the fraternal ties between the two political organizations, as well as current international issues.

The distinguished visitor chaired the Vietnamese delegation participating in the Second Theoretical Seminar between the two parties, which was held at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the PCC.

José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera, member of the Secretariat and head of the International Relations Department of the Central Committee, as well as other party officials, attended on behalf of Cuba. On the Vietnamese side were the Ambassador of the country in Cuba, Duong Minh, together with members of the delegation.