Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang visits the school named after a Vietnamese heroine in Havana

(Chinhphu.vn) - Continuing the activities during the official friendship visit to Cuba, on the morning of April 16 (local time), Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang and the Vietnamese delegation visited and presented gifts to Vo Thi Thang Primary School - the school named after a Vietnamese heroine, in Playa district, Havana capital.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang visits a Vietnamese student studying at Vo Thi Thang Primary School - Photo: VGP/Hai Minh

In a solemn space of the school, many images and artifacts about Vietnam were displayed, especially the photo of Ms. Vo Thi Thang with a "Victory Smile" before the court of the Saigon puppet regime.

The school currently has 530 students from grades 1 to 6 in Cuba's primary education system. The "Smile of Victory" has been included in the school's curriculum as a shining symbol of the bravery of the young generation in the resistance war against America.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang visits a Cuban student studying at Vo Thi Thang Primary School - Photo: VGP/Hai Minh

This is also the school that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited during his State visit to the Republic of Cuba more than 6 years ago, where the General Secretary attended the opening of the IT classroom (30 computers) - a gift from the General Secretary to Vo Thi Thang Primary School; and symbolically presented a number of computers to representatives of 3 primary schools named after Vietnam, including Bac Ho Primary School, Nguyen Van Troi Primary School and Ben Tre Primary School.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang presents gifts to Vo Thi Thang Primary School - Photo: VGP/Hai Minh

Speaking to the teachers of the school, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang emphasized that the school named after Vo Thi Thang - a Vietnamese heroine, is a vivid demonstration of the special relationship between the two peoples of Vietnam and Cuba.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang takes a souvenir photo with teachers and students of Vo Thi Thang Primary School - Photo: VGP/Hai Minh

The Deputy Prime Minister hopes that the school will always teach and learn well, educate and train students to become worthy future masters of the country, continue the career of previous generations and continuously foster the loyal solidarity relationship between Vietnam and Cuba.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang visits the Fidel Castro Ruz Center - Photo: VGP/Hai Minh

On the same morning, the Deputy Prime Minister also visited the Fidel Castro Ruz Center, which collects, preserves, conserves and honors the legacies of the Cuban Commander-in-Chief for the purpose of researching and disseminating Fidel Castro's ideological values.

The Deputy Prime Minister and his delegation visited the exhibition of artifacts and images associated with the life and revolutionary career, and listened to an introduction to the ideological values ​​of Leader Fidel Castro and his special feelings for Vietnam.

Writing in the guest book at the Center, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang wrote: "I am honored and moved to visit the Fidel Castro Ruz Center in Havana with the Vietnamese Government Delegation. Our hearts are filled with admiration and love for the Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban Revolution, who, together with President Ho Chi Minh, laid the foundation for the special friendship and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba. Fidel's visit to the liberated area of ​​southern Vietnam in September 1973 and his immortal words "For Vietnam, Cuba is willing to sacrifice even its own blood" will forever be remembered by the Vietnamese people with all their respect. Vietnam and Cuba, united, will definitely win!"

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang offers flowers at the Monument to Cuban National Hero José Martí - Photo: VGP/Hai Minh

Earlier, on the afternoon of April 15 (local time), Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang visited and laid flowers at the Monument to Cuban National Hero José Martí in the capital Havana.

The José Martí Memorial is a complex of unique Cuban architectural works, including the José Martí Monument, the Five-Winged Tower and surrounding auxiliary works. The tower is 112 m high, with an elevator running 90 m high and a staircase with 579 steps. The top of the Tower is the highest point in the city of La Habana. In front of the Tower is a full-body statue of the national hero José Martí, made of 52 blocks of white marble, 18 m high.

The José Martí Monument and Revolution Square are built on the largest and highest hill in the center of the capital Havana, a historical site where many important events of the Cuban revolution took place over the years.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang and the Vietnamese Government delegation took a souvenir photo at the Monument to Cuban National Hero José Martí.

President Fidel Castro once said: "José Martí was the first Cuban and Latin American to discover Vietnam."

Looking back to the roots of the friendship between the two countries, Cuban friends often mention the national hero Martí. In the article "A walk in the land of the Annamese" published in the magazine "Tuoi Vang", published in 1889, Martí described a rich and beautiful country with hard-working and brave residents who had confronted and gloriously defeated foreign invaders. At the end of the article, with an optimistic and admiring view, the author affirmed that although currently living under the brutal yoke of colonial slavery, the Vietnamese people would certainly rise up again and win.

On the same afternoon, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang will leave the capital Havana, successfully concluding his official friendship visit to Cuba and beginning his official friendship visit to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela./.

Hai Minh - Government Portal

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