National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended a ceremony renaming the Peace Park in Plaza district, Havana, to Ho Chi Minh in honour of the late Vietnamese President and attaching a plate recording his life and career at the park on April 20 afternoon (local time), VNA reported Friday.

The event was also attended by Vice President of the NA of the People’s Power of Cuba Ana María Mari Machado, officials of Havana city and Plaza district, along with a number of local residents.

Addressing the ceremony, Chairman Hue stressed that Vietnam and Cuba share many similarities in terms of history, revolutionary ideal, and the tradition of struggling for national independence, freedom, and liberation. Their exemplary and faithful comradeship and fraternity have been nurtured by late Presidents Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro and generations of the two countries’ leaders.

Cuba is proud of President Fidel Castro, and Vietnam is proud of President Ho Chi Minh – a beloved leader of the Vietnamese people who is also admired by the people in Cuba and the world, he noted, describing the monument to President Ho Chi Minh, designed by architect Joel Diaz – Vice Chairman of the Cuba – Vietnam Friendship Association, at the Peace Park as a demonstration of the Cuban people’s special sentiment towards the late leader of Vietnam.

He considered the renaming of the park as a symbolic milestone of the Vietnam – Cuba special friendship, expressing his heartfelt appreciation of the Cuban people’s sentiment.

The Chairman also voiced his hope that the administration and people of Plaza district of Havana will continue preserving the park so that it can be an ever-lasting symbol in the heart of each Cuban and Vietnamese.

For his part, Havana Governor Reinaldo García Zapata said his city is proud to have a park named after President Ho Chi Minh, who together with Hero José Martí and leader Fidel Castro of Cuba laid the foundation for the two countries’ special, exemplary, and faithful solidarity.

He added that on May 19 this year, Cuba will hold activities at the Ho Chi Minh Park to commemorate Hero José Martí and the birth anniversary of the late Vietnamese leader.

A special cultural programme spotlighting the historic milestones of Vietnam – Cuba relations was held in Havana on April 20 evening.

The event, organised by the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Cuban Ministry of Culture, and relevant agencies.

The same day, Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and President of the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Suchel-TBV laundry detergent factory and solar park of Vietnam’s Thai Binh Investment and Trading Corporation at Mariel Special Development Zone in Artemisa province.