Hanoi, Oct. 30 -- The Cuban Embassy in Vietnam held a ceremony in Hanoi on October 30 to mark the 60th anniversary of the first visit to Vietnam by Cuban revolutionary leader Gen. Raul Castro Ruz.
Addressing the ceremony, Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Rogelio Polanco Fuentes affirmed that the visit was an important milestone in the special relationship between the two countries.
In 1966, Raul Castro, then Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba, joined the first high-level Cuban delegation, led by President Osvaldo Dorticos, to visit Vietnam on October 29. During his first trip to the country, he had the opportunity to meet and embrace President Ho Chi Minh, the beloved leader of the Vietnamese people.
According to the ambassado...