In her remarks at the launch ceremony on the occasion of the great Vietnamese figure's 135th birth anniversary (1890-2025), Dr Miriam Nicado García, Rector of the university, highlighted the department’s establishment as a testament to the historic relationship between the two peoples.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong was granted the Doctor Honoris Causa title in political science by the University of Havana (UH) to recognise his important contributions to Vietnam’s nation-building cause and practical and theoretical views he shared with Cuba at a ceremony in Havana on March 29 morning (local time).