Venezuelan, Nicaraguan leaders congratulate new Vietnamese Party chief

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on August 3 congratulated Vietnamese President To Lam on being elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee.
Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (seventh from right), on behalf of key leaders of the Party and State, presents flowers to congratulate President To Lam on being elected as General Secretary of the 13th Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (Photo: VNA).
Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (seventh from right), on behalf of key leaders of the Party and State, presents flowers to congratulate President To Lam on being elected as General Secretary of the 13th Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (Photo: VNA).

In a message posted on the social network X, President Nicolas Maduro expressed his belief that General Secretary and President To Lam will continue the legacy of the late General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, standing firm in the face of great challenges in the future, for the happiness of the Vietnamese people.

On the same day, the Government of Nicaragua also congratulated General Secretary and President To Lam and affirmed its readiness to strengthen traditional and current relations with Vietnam to move towards building a better, peaceful and friendly world, opening up a common path of cooperation on the basis of mutual respect and mutual affection.

A statement with signatures of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo stated that the Sandinista National Liberation Front, the vanguard of the Sandinista People’s Revolution, is bound in ideal and values to Vietnamese communists, and to comrade To Lam, the head of the Vietnamese State, the Vietnamese people and the glorious Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

Nicaraguan leaders also expressed admiration for the CPV and wished General Secretary and President To Lam and the Vietnamese people more success.

Earlier, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez congratulated President Lam on his election as General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and affirmed Cuba's firm will in continuing to deepen the close relationship between the two Parties and two peoples.

Many press agencies in Latin America also reported on the election of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and highlighted the new Vietnamese Party leader's determination to continue the legacy of the late General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong so as to protect the national interests, unity, independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Fatherland.

VNA