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Monday, April 19, 2021, 16:05 GMT+7
Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Vietnam s Deputy Minister of National Defense, speaks at the ceremony to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Cuba’s Girón victory in Hanoi, April 19, 2021. Photo: H.Q. / Tuoi Tre
The Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, in collaboration with the Embassy of Cuba in Hanoi, the Vietnam - Cuba Friendship Association and the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations, held a ceremony in the Vietnamese capital city on Monday morning to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Cuba’s Girón victory (April 19).
In April 1961, U.S. troops made an attempt to invade Playa Girón, a beach village over 200km southeast of La Habana (Havana), but they suffered a defeat and were repelled from the island, according to