Vietnam presents 5,000 tonnes of rice as gift for Cuba
Up to 5,000 tonnes of rice that are the gift of the Vietnamese Party, State and people for the Cuban people were symbolically presented at a ceremony in Havana on September 14.
Representatives of the General Department of State Reserves of Vietnam and the Cuba Food Import-Export Corporation exchange the signed document on the handover of the 5,000 tonnes of rice (Photo: VNA)
Havana (VNA) – Up to 5,000 tonnes of rice that are the gift of theVietnamese Party, State and people for the Cuban people were symbolically presentedat a ceremony in Havana on September 14.
The gift, which has arrived at the Port ofMariel in the western province of Artemisa, was announced during a visit to theCaribbean nation by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam CentralCommittee Nguyen Phu Trong last March.
Attending the ceremony were General Director of the General Department of StateReserves of Vietnam Do Viet Duc, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Nguyen TrungThanh and Cuban Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment AntonioCarricarte, among others.
Duc said he was happy to visit Cuba amid the45th anniversary of its leader Fidel Castro’s visit to Vietnam – a milestone inCuba’s precious material and spiritual support to the Southeast Asian nation.
He underlined the faithful sentiment and supportof the Vietnamese Party, State and people for Cuba’s revolutionary cause andcongratulated the country on the recent achievements in updating itssocio-economic model.
For his part, Antonio Carricarte appreciated thegift as well as Vietnam’s assistance to Cuba in improving its rice productioncapacity.
Noting the countries’ steadfast relations andeach side’s development demand, he voiced his belief in the huge potential forexpanding bilateral cooperation, particularly in investment, trade and servicesexchange.–VNA
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Representatives of the General Department of State Reserves of Vietnam and the Cuba Food Import-Export Corporation exchange the signed document on the handover of the 5,000 tonnes of rice (Photo: VNA) 
