Phan Van Mai (second from left), Permanent Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee held talks with Yuniasky Crespo, First Secretary of the Cuban Young Communist League Central Committee. (Photo: Hoai Nam)

(VOVworld) – Vietnam and Cuba agreed to further cooperation ties between the two countries’ youth union organizations in the future. They proposed to research cooperative projects and deploy volunteer programs between the two countries’ youths. During recent talks held in Havana, Phan Van Mai, visiting Permanent Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee and Yuniasky Crespo, First Secretary of the Cuban Young Communist League Central Committee, affirmed their mutual support in preparations for their participation in the 18^th World Festival of Youth and Students to be held later this year in Ecuador. During the visit from September 23-29, the Vietnamese delegation laid wreaths at the Memorial of Jose Marti, Cuban’s national hero, and the statue of late Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh, and met with Vietnamese students in Cuba.