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Ha Noi and Havana will increase their cooperation in health, education, sports, culture and information technology is the contents of a cooperation agreement signed by Chairman of the Ha Noi People’s Committee Nguyen Quoc Trieu and President of Havana’s government Juan Contino Aslan in Ha Noi on Dec.20.

The Cuban guest is on a working visit to Ha Noi to promote exchange and cooperation between the two cities.

The same day, Secretary of the Ha Noi Party Committee Nguyen Phu Trong received the Havana leader and his party.

Trong expressed his pleasure at the delegation’s four-day visit to Ha Noi, which began on Dec.19. He affirmed the long-lasting relations between Viet Nam and Cuba and said that Cuba’s support to Viet Nam over the past years has left deep impressions to the Vietnamese people in general and the Hanoians in particular.

President Aslan thanked the Hanoi administration and people for their warm welcome. He spoke highly of the Viet Nam-Cuba as well as Ha Noi-Havana relations as well as Viet Nam’s support for Cuba at international forums. He said that Havana would be willing to share experiences and cooperate with Ha Noi.