Vietnam´s President Truong Tan Sang met on Wednesday with members of friendship organizations, including the Cuban representatives, who held in Hanoi city, the 7th Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting in Solidarity with Cuba.

The first meeting of the US-Cuba Bilateral Commission will take place September 11 in Havana to define an agenda to be considered following the reestablishment of bilateral relations between the two countries.

The European Union and Cuba are holding in Havana the fifth round of talks September 9 and 10 towards a political and cooperation accord.

Cuba will participate at the 14th General Assembly of the Parliamentary Confederation of The Americas to take place September 9-11 in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, in which 15 countries have already confirmed attendance.

A delegation of Cuban professionals will go to Argentina next Tuesday to participate in the 22nd Congress of the Latin American Society of Weeds (ALAM by its Spanish acronym) and the 1st Argentinean Weed Congress (ASACIM).

The Vice President of the State Council Salvador Valdes Mesa, who headed the Cuban delegation to the 10th Summit of Petrocaribe, thanked the hospitality the delegation of the island received in Jamaica.

First Secretary of the Workers Party of Korea, Kim Jong Un, received Cuba´s First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who is on an official visit to North Korea to mark the 55 anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The demand abroad of Cuban professors of different subjects relevant to technical education has increased this year, thus bringing financial benefits to the island´s Education system.

Cuban first vice-president Miguel Diaz Canel said in Beijing that relations between Cuba and China are historical and on that basis they develop supported by the political will of the leaders of the two nations in all stages of the revolutionary processes that take place in both countries.

The President of the Cuban councils of State and Ministers, Army General Raul Castro, congratulated the Communist Party, government and people of Vietnam on the occasion of the commemoration on Wednesday of the 70th anniversary of that country's independence.

Cuba will be represented at the 12th Plenary Assembly of ParlAmericas, which will be held on September 4 and 5 in Panama City.

The Cuban medical brigade in Ecuador is ready to assist the local population in the event of the eruption of the Cotopaxi and Tungurahua volcanoes, which have increase activity over the past few days.

A Cuban delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno attended the Meeting of National Coordinators of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), slated for August 26-28 in the city of Quito, capital of the Republic of Ecuador. A Special Communique on the Guantanamo Naval Base was approved during the meeting, the English version of which we bring you up next, as published by the www.cubaminrex.cu Web site:

Tropical storm Erika is expected to hit the Dominican Republic Friday to later head for Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas, according to the latest advisories.