Hanoi, Aug. 3 -- President Fidel Castro will forever be a great friend and close comrade of Vietnam, Assoc. Prof. Dr Nguyen Manh Hung, Vice President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, said at a scientific seminar in Hanoi on August 3. The seminar, organised by the academy to mark the 100th birth anniversary of Fidel Castro Ruz (August 13, 1926-2026), honoured the Cuban revolutionary leader's legacy and reaffirmed the enduring friendship between the two countries. In his opening remarks, Hung, who is also Vice Chairman of the Central Theory Council, said the special relationship between Vietnam and Cuba, founded by Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro and nurtured by successive generations of leaders and peoples, has beco...