Havana, May 7 -- Seventy years since the resounding Dien Bien Phu Victory that was "stunning five continents, shaking the earth", Vietnam has risen from the ashes of war to become a key factor in the global supply chain, Vice President of the Cuban Institute for Friendship between Peoples (ICAP) Alicia Corredera has commented.

Speaking to the Vietnam News Agency in Havana on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the victory, Corredera, who studied in Vietnam in the 1970s, said that she has always closely followed every step of development of the nation that she loves as her second home.

She held that reunification and peace have opened up various opportunities for Vietnam in international cooperation.

Initially, most foreign direct i...