Cuba opens doors for Viet Nam businesses

Cuba opens doors for Viet Nam businesses

HA NOI (VNS) — Cuba welcomes and will create favourable conditions for
Vietnamese businesses to seek opportunities in Cuba, the country's
Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz told
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at a meeting in Ha Noi yesterday.

The minister said Cuba is implementing the open-door policy in various
fields, including economics and foreign investment attraction, adding
that considering the traditional friendship and comradeship, Cuba hopes
Vietnamese businesses will become the first foreign investors in the
island country.

He informed the host that a business forum in HCM City will be organised
during his visit to introduce cooperation potential and opportunities to
Vietnamese partners.

For his part, PM Dung hailed the fruitful session of the Viet Nam-Cuba
inter-governmental committee, a significant annual event aimed at
promoting bilateral cooperation in economics, culture, education, and
science-technology.

He congratulated Cuba on its comprehensive achievements in the cause of
national construction and development, confirming Viet Nam will continue
to work alongside Cuba to deepen the bilateral relations across the
board, particularly economics, trade and investment.

Viet Nam will do its utmost to assist Cuba in implementing agriculture
production development programmes such as growing rice and ensuring
national food security, the PM affirmed, saying Vietnamese firms will be
encouraged to expand investment in Cuba.

The Cuban minister said he hopes to receive more assistance and
experience sharing from Viet Nam in the field, adding that Cuba is
willing to collaborate with Viet Nam in the production of vaccines and
new drugs. — VNS

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