Fidel Castro Park inaugurated in Quang Tri Province

Thứ Hai, 17/09/2018, 15:22

PSNews – The central province of Quang Tri on September 15th inaugurated the Fidel Castro Park to mark 45 years since Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s visit to the liberated region in southern Vietnam in 1973.

Delegates at the inauguration ceremony. 

The inauguration ceremony saw the participation of First Vice President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers of Cuba Salvador Valdés Mesa; Politburo member and permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC)’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong; Politburo member, member of the CPVCC’s Secretariat and head of the CPVCC’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Truong Thi Mai, who is also President of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association; and Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha, who is co-chair of the Vietnam-Cuba Inter-Governmental Committee.

Covering a total area of about 16 hectares in Dong Ha district, Fidel Castro park was built with a total investment of nearly VND138 billion  including VND30 billion sourced from the State budget.

Speaking at the event, Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member and Secretary of the CPVCC, said that the inauguration of the park on the anniversary of Fidel Castro’s visit to Vietnam is a significant event, illustrating the sentiments of the Quang Tri and Vietnamese people towards the Cuban leader. The brotherhood between Vietnam and Cuba would last forever, she stressed. After the ceremony, the Vietnamese and Cuban delegates planted trees in the park.

Earlier, addressing a grand meeting in Quang Tri on September 14 to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s visit, Tran Quoc Vuong stated that Fidel’s trip to the liberated zone brought the solidarity and valuable support of the Cuban people to Vietnam.

His presence in the zone amidst dangers and hardships was a great source of encouragement to southern residents and soldiers, as well as the Vietnamese people during the anti-US resistance war, he added.

Fidel made three visits to Vietnam in September 1973, December 1995, and February 2003. He was the first foreign leader to visit the newly-liberated area in the south of Vietnam. He took the lead in international movements to support Vietnam’s struggle for national independence and reunification, along with its process of national development and defence.

With all his great contributions, the Cuban leader was presented with the two noblest orders of the Vietnamese State: the Golden Star Order in 1982 and the Ho Chi Minh Order in 1989. 

By Linh Bui