The 35th meeting of the Vietnam-Cuba Inter-governmental Committee in Hanoi on October 2, 2017.
The deal is expected to help raise the two countries’ trade value to US$500.
Vietnam is the second largest trade partner of Cuba in Asia-Pacific, said Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz at the 35th meeting of the Vietnam-Cuba Inter-governmental Committee held in Hanoi on October 2.
The two-way trade rose 4.7% in the first eight months this year and the number of Vietnamese enterprises doing business with Cuba increased to over 100, he added.
Noticeably, Cuba’s rice import fell down to 60-70% from 95% thanks to agricultural cooperation with Vietnam, the Cuban Minister said.
He took the occasion to extend thanks to the Party, Government and people of Vietnam for timely assistance to Cuban people following hurricane Irma, which swept over much of Cuba from East to West on September 7-10.
Speaking at the Inter-governmental meeting, Minister of Construction Pham Hong Ha, representing the Vietnamese side, affirmed the Party, State and people of Vietnam always treasure special sentiments and valuable support of the Party, Government and people of Cuba for its past struggle for national independence and the current course of national development.
