Havana, January 22 (RHC)-- The Central Committee of Cuba's Communist Party saluted the ongoing sessions in Hanoi of the 12th Congress of the Vietnamese Communist Party by wishing it great success.

A message by the Cuban political organization, cited by Prensa Latina news agency, reads that this is a new opportunity to thank the Vietnamese Communists and their generous people for their permanent solidarity with the Cuban Revolution.

“Vietnam will always have an outstanding place in our country´s bilateral relations and in our feelings of friendship and affection,” the message notes.

“We have admired the great deeds of the Vietnamese Communist Party, which has led the Vietnamese people on the road to victory, in the military, political, economic and diplomatic areas.”

The Cuban and the Vietnamese peoples now face common challenges posed by the global economic crisis, the dangers and threats on peace, the consequences of climatic disasters and the damaged caused to the environment, reads the message.

The Cuban and the Vietnamese political organizations are currently involved in the construction of Socialism and the development of their own economic models to make them sustainable and prosperous in tune with the national experiences and on the bases of Marxism and Leninism, and on the ideas of their historic leaders.

The Vietnamese Communist Congress, running till January 28, has received messages of congratulations from 167 political organizations from around the world.