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On August 27, in Hanoi, the opening ceremony of the 42nd Session of the Intergovernment Committee of Vietnam - Cuba on economic and scientific and technical cooperation. Deputy Minister of Construction of Vietnam Nguyen Tuong Van and Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Cuba Deborah Rivas Saavedra chaired. The two sides agreed on the results of cooperation and exchanging the contents of the draft minutes of the 42nd meeting. Photo: Ta Hai. Deputy Minister Nguyen Tuong Van expressed his excitement when the 42nd meeting took place in the context of deep significance: the two countries organized many practical activities to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam - Cuba diplomatic relations (December 2, 1960 - December 2, 2025). Traditional solidarity, special friendship, comprehensive cooperation between the two peoples by President Ho Chi Minh and leader Fidel Castro has been continuously strengthened and developed. Sharing the experience of managing and testing the vaccine from the 41st meeting to the present, despite facing many difficulties and challenges from the international context and the difficulties of each country, the two sides have worked closely in the implementation of agreements and achieved many positive results. In particular, trade and investment cooperation continues to be an important pillar. In 2024, bilateral trade turnover reached 199.3 million USD, up 28.1% compared to 2023. Investment projects of Vietnamese enterprises in Cuba continued to be concerned and promoted with some preferential policies of the Cuban government. The new model of rice production in Pinar Del Rio province, implemented by Agri VMA Company, has achieved twice the yield of Cubas average yield, contributing practically in your efforts to ensure your food security. Vietnamese partners and Biocubafarma Group have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture on pharmaceutical production and biotechnology in Vietnam. The Vietnam Green Economic Institute has signed a cooperation agreement with Cuba partners, Labiofarm, GIEN Technology and Biotechnology Center (CIGB) to cooperate in researching, developing and producing natural biotechnology products and natural medicine. This is a testament to profound political trust and determination to make biotechnology cooperation into a key field, bringing long -term benefits to both countries. Viettel Group has conducted a field survey in Cuba and is developing a detailed project to proceed to implement the solar power project at the end of 2025. Collaborate in other fields such as construction, transportation, science and technology, communication information, finance - banking, education - training, culture - sports - tourism, Justice ... are actively promoting and diverse in terms of diverse results. Deputy Minister of Vietnam Construction Nguyen Tuong Van emphasized that the cooperation results have been achieved over the past time. Photo: Ta HaiKi Cuba creates an open and convenient investment environment for Vietnamese businesses, Head Nguyen Tuong Van suggested that the 42nd meeting will be a meeting of determination and action. The two sides focused on frankly and essentially to solve problems together, and unify the new orientations and content of cooperation for the period 2025-2026. In which, the cooperation will prioritize the main pillars: proposing the Government of the two countries, especially the Cuban government, the direction of the direction of the difficulty and existence, creating an open investment environment for Vietnamese businesses; Strongly promote agricultural cooperation in a comprehensive way, on the basis of the results obtained from technical support projects helped by Vietnam. Creating breakthroughs in health cooperation, biotechnology. I am sure that with high efforts and determination, close cooperation and innovation, the 42nd Session of Vietnam - Cuba will be successful, create a new impulse, contributing to bringing comprehensive cooperation between the two countries to go into the depth of depth, efficiency and substance, Deputy Minister Nguyen Tuong Van Saavedra, Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Cuba expressed his honor to return to Vietnam, discuss the content of the draft minutes of the 42nd meeting on the occasion of the first Secretary, the President of Cuba attended the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution.Cong and National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Cuba. This is also one of the 65th anniversary activities to establish Vietnam - Cuba diplomatic relations. Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of Cuba Deborah Rivas Saavedra affirmed that Cuba is ready to preferential mechanisms, facilitating Vietnamese businesses to cooperate in Cuba. Photo: Ta Hai. Head of Deborah Rivas Saavedra also expressed his thanks to the program of Vietnam to mobilize to support the Cuban people with the theme 65 years of Vietnam - Cuba was launched on August 13 - the 99th anniversary of the Cuban leader Fidel Castro and in a short time has achieved great results. In another generation In the coming time. These are important projects, directly impacting the interests of the Cuban people. Elimating obstacles affecting economic -economic cooperation on the cooperation of the two sides, Deputy Minister Deborah Rivas Saavedra affirmed that the favorable mechanism of the Cuba government for Vietnamese businesses, especially solutions to remove obstacles, influence the economic cooperation. Inside the areas over the past time and said that, along with traditional cooperation fields, other fields such as veterinary veterinary, renewable energy, oil and gas, industry, transportation, tourism ... there are many potentials for cooperation development. of both countries and the Southern Hemisphere countries. Vietnam, Cuba will study these new opportunities and find cooperative solutions. Destroying to fulfill the obligations of the two sides
