Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha meets Cuban PM

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on September 16 met with Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz as part of the Vietnamese official’s visit to the Caribbean nation for the Group of 77 plus China (G77+China) Summit.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha (left) and Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz. (Photo: VNA)

Havana (VNA) – Deputy Prime MinisterTran Hong Ha on September 16 met with Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruzas part of the Vietnamese official’s visit to the Caribbean nation for the Groupof 77 plus China (G77 China) Summit.

Ha affirmed that the Vietnamese Party, State,Government, National Assembly and people always remember the whole-heartedsupport of Cuba, and treasure and stay resolved to deepen the traditional solidarityand comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

Vietnam supports Cuba’s just revolutionarycause and will make more efforts, together with Cuba, to overcome the currentchallenges, he pledged, suggesting the two sides maintain their closecooperation to create optimal conditions for their businesses to enhance theirtrade and investment ties.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha (left) and Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz in a group photo. (Photo: VNA)

For his part, Manuel Marrero Cruz highlightedthe fraternity between Vietnam and Cuba, and thanked Vietnam for its support,especially its rice supply through both donations and commercial contracts.

The bilateral relationship is thrivingas reflected through the Cuba visit by NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue in April andthe trip to Vietnam later this month by the Cuban top legislator to commemoratethe 50th anniversary of the visit to the liberated zone in South Vietnam by leader Fidel Castro.

The host agreed to direct ministries andagencies to coordinate more closely with Vietnam to promote the bilateralinvestment and trade relations, particularly in agriculture, pharmaceuticals,biotechnology, and infrastructure, stressing that the two sides are now able tomove to a new phase of bilateral economic and trade cooperation.

The same day, Ha received Cuban Minister of Construction ReneMesa Villafana, and visited the ViMariel Industrial Park invested by Vietnam’s Viglacera Group.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha visits the ViMariel Industrial Park. (Photo: VNA)

Located in the Mariel Special Development Zone, ViMariel, the firstand the only industrial park invested by Vietnam in the Caribbean nation, ishome to 64 investment projects worth 3.3 billion USD, of them 44 operational./.
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