Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of Vietnam, said today that his country will continue supporting Cuba in overcoming difficulties, particularly in the food supply, and will help the Caribbean nation to take advantage of its potential in development.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla will submit to a press conference on Friday, September 20, Cuba's Report on the impact of the U.S. blockade policy against the Caribbean island during the past year.

Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra will begin a three-day working visit to Italy tomorrow, the Cuban embassy in the European nation announced today.

The provincial and municipal electoral councils will be constituted throughout the country, in solemn acts, between September 18 and 27.

Isao Ijima, special advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan, highlighted today the strength of the historic ties that link his country and Cuba.

Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Vice President of the Council of Ministers, made a working visit to Budapest, Hungary, to participate in the ceremony to change the headquarters of the International Investment Bank, a financial institution of which Cuba has been a member since 1974.

The President of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, received Estela Varnes de Carlotto, president of the Association of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who is visiting Cuba at the invitation of the Federation of Cuban Women.

Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, will receive the Friendship Medal that China will present to international figures during the celebrations of the 70 years of its foundation, according to a decree released on Tuesday.

Maria Fernanda Espinosa, President of the UN General Assembly, said that this international body has had a very clear position for decades against the blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.

The increase in sanctions affecting Cuban entities and third countries in flagrant violation of international law, currently marks the policy fostered by the United States towards Cuba, according to Prensa Latina.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla highlighted the unity and resistance of the Cuban people against the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the US for almost 60 years against Cuba.

Cuba is celebrating the partial agreements the Venezuelan government has reached with the opposition at the National Dialogue Table, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban Foreign Minister, said on Twitter.

The will to strengthen relations between Cuba and Liberia was ratified today during the meeting held by the Cuban Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rogelio Sierra, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the African country, Henry B. Fahnbulleh.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said today that his country will continue supporting Cuba to overcome difficulties, particularly in the provision of food and the use of its development potential.

Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra Diaz began a working visit to the Republic of Liberia today, lasting until next Wednesday.