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Havana, September 27 (RHC) --The General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of Vietnam, To Lam, will pays tribute Friday to the independence hero of that Asian nation, Ho Chi Minh, as part of the agenda of his state visit to Cuba.

The day before, on Thursday, the First Secretary of the Communist Party and President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz Canel, officially welcomed To Lam at the Palace of the Revolution, where both leaders held official talks.

Earlier, the leaders spoke at the Hotel Nacional in the capital, shortly before beginning a tour of the Mariel Special Development Zone (45 kilometers west of Havana) where Vietnam is the second country in number of investment projects, including the ViMariel Industrial Park.

On Thursday, the Vietnamese president was also received at the National Capitol by the president of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP, Parliament), Esteban Lazo.

During their meeting, both authorities ratified the will to continue developing interparliamentary relations and collaboration between the two peoples.

To Lam also met with Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, who expressed Cuba's solidarity and permanent support for the Vietnamese people after the devastating passage of Typhoon Yagi, the worst and most destructive meteorological phenomenon that has hit that nation in the last six decades.

The Indochinese leader concludes his state visit to the island on Friday, the second one made abroad since he assumed the highest Party responsibility, after having visited China in August. (Source: Prensa Latina)