Tran Duc Quan (R), member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, Secretary of the Lam Dong provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council, meets with Roberto Morales Ojeda, Politburo member and permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, in Havana. (Photo: VNA) The delegation, led by Tran Duc Quan, member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council, made a courtesy call on Roberto Morales Ojeda, Politburo member and permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee; had working sessions with leaders of the PCC Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, the Party Committee of Havana, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment, the Ministry of Tourism, and the Cuba Chamber of Commerce; and met with the First Secretary of the Party Committee of Matanzas province.
Receiving the delegation, Roberto Morales Ojeda emphasised the Cuban Party and State leaders’ support for exchanges and cooperation between the countries’ localities and businesses so as to strengthen friendship and expand ties to the fields matching both sides’ strengths and demand.
Cuban leaders encourage the sharing of experience in socio-economic development and locality-to-locality and business-to-business links between the two countries, he noted.
The official affirmed the readiness to provide optimal conditions for Lam Dong and Matanzas provinces to implement collaboration activities fruitfully.
For his part, Quan spoke highly of Cuba’s development potential and cooperation opportunities for the countries’ localities and enterprises.
He also emphasised the wish to foster Lam Dong’s exchanges and all-round partnerships with Matanzas province, organisations, and enterprises of Cuba.
At the meetings, leaders of the Cuban ministries, sectors, and localities stressed the significance of the Cuba - Vietnam special friendship.
The two sides discussed the situation and fields of cooperation to help further expand and intensify the special friendship between their countries.
The Lam Dong delegation and Matanzas officials outlined cooperation orientations for the time ahead and signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation for 2023 - 2028.
On behalf of the Party organisation, administration, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and people of Lam Dong, Quan presented 1 million USD to the Faustino Perez Hospital in Matanzas to help its emergency centre procure medical equipment, along with computers and electronic devices to the Nico Lopez Higher School of the PCC. The visiting delegation also donated some pharmaceuticals produced by Lam Dong businesses to the Faustino Perez Hospital.
Meanwhile, the businesses joining the Lam Dong delegation also engaged in many meetings and events to seek partnership chances with Cuban localities and companies./.
VNA
