Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc and other senior Vietnamese officials welcome the top Cuban legislator at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi, September 24, 2023. (Source: VNA)

Mr. Hernandez will pay a courtesy call to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, and meet President Vo Van Thuong and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

He will offer flowers at the Fidel Castro Monument and visit the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital in Quang Binh province, and meet with local leaders.

In Quang Tri province, the top Cuban legislator will visit Hien Luong Bridge, the Museum of Hien Luong-Ben Hai special national relic site, and the relic site of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam in Cam Lo district. He will also offer flowers and plant trees at Fidel Park.

Mr. Hernandez will join Party Politburo member Truong Thi Mai at Monday’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of leader Fidel Castro's visit to the liberated zone in South Vietnam.