Workshop honours value of Vietnamese, Cuban revolutionary leaders’ ideologies

The eternal value of the ideologies of President Ho Chi Minh and President Fidel Castro has been confirmed at a recent workshop held in Havana by the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and the Nico Lopez High-Level Party School of Cuba.

Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee Victor Gaute Lopez speaks at the event (Source: VNA)
Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee Victor Gaute Lopez speaks at the event (Source: VNA)

Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee Victor Gaute Lopez affirmed that the political ideologies of Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro are the endless source of knowledge for progressive and revolutionary movements in the world.

Gaute Lopez also highlighted important milestones in the close relations between Vietnam and his country in the last six decades.

During the workshop, Vietnamese and Cuban speakers introduced their research on the ideologies of the two revolutionary leaders on various aspect, from personnel training, the cultural and historic roots of the revolutions of Vietnam and Cuba; to the Ho Chi Minh ideology as the foundation of Vietnam's Doi Moi (Renewal) and Fidel Castro's thought as the orientation of Cuba’s process of updating socio-economic model.

Nguyen Viet Thao, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, said that presentations delivered at the event vividly demonstrated that the visions of President Ho Chi Minh and revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on issues related to economics, culture, society, national defense, security and Party building are still relevant in the current situation.

During the working visit in Cuba from September 16-20, the delegation of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics had meetings with Gaute López and representatives from the Office of Historical Affairs of the Cuban State Council, and the Centre for José Martí Studies.