VNA July 10, 1999 - General Secretary Le Kha Phieu of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee was conferred with the Jose Marti Order, the highest distinction of Cuba, in a ceremony in Havana on July 8.
The Vietnamese Party leader has been in Cuba since July 7 for an official visit at the invitation of Fidel Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee (CPC CC), President of the State Council and the Government of Cuba.
Fidel Castro Ruz himself pinned the order on General Secretary Phieu.