Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers, held official talks on Tuesday with comrade Truong Tan Sang, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, who is on an official visit to Cuba.

President Raul Castro returned to Cuba on Tuesday afternoon after participating in the Post 2015 Development Summit and the 70th period of sessions of the UN General Assembly.

Esteban Lazo, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party and president of the National Assembly of People's Power, received Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang, who is on an official visit to Cuba with the purpose of strengthening the bonds of friendship existing between the two nations.

Prominent revolutionary combatant Jorge Risquet died in this capital on Monday morning at age 85, as a result of a long, serious disease.

Truong Tan Sang, President of Vietnam, arrived in this capital for an official visit, as part of which he will hold talks with Army General Raul Castro, President of the councils of State and Ministers.

Cuban President Raul Castro sent a message of congratulations to the national staff of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution and all members of the largest community organization on its 55th birthday today.

The President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Truong Tan Sang, will pay an official visit to Cuba September 28 during which he will hold talks with President Raul Castro.

Army General Raúl Castro, President of the Cuban councils of State and Ministers, held a working meeting at the Cuban Mission in New York with a group of leading American businessmen, headed by the president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, Thomas Donohue.

Speech by the President of the Cuban Councils of State and Ministers, Raúl Castro, at the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action,” as published by the Cubaminrex Web site.

Army General Raul Castro, President of the Cuban councils of State and Ministers and the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, met on Saturday in New York in the context of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, scheduled to conclude on Sunday.

Cuban President Raul Castro met on Saturday with former U.S. President Bill Clinton as part of his busy schedule in New York, where he attends high-level forums of the United Nations, Prensa Latina reported.

The presidents of Cuba, Raul Castro, and of China, Xi Jinping held and informal meeting in New York during the Summit on the 2015-2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Cuban President Raul Castro delivered a speech at the United Nations Summit for the Adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, in New York.

Cuban President Raul Castro will deliver a speech today at the UN Sustainable Development Summit that is in its second day in New York City, reported Prensa latina news agency.

Jose Narro, rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), received on Friday the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Havana (UH), in the Aula Magna (Main Lecture Hall) of which he was honored.