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Vietnam, Cuba agree to forge trade links

Vietnam and Cuba signed the minutes of the 32nd meeting of their Inter-Governmental Committee for Economic, Commercial, Scientific and Technological Cooperation in Havana, Cuba, on October 17.
Vietnam and Cuba signed the minutes of the 32nd meeting of theirInter-Governmental Committee for Economic, Commercial, Scientific andTechnological Cooperation in Havana, Cuba, on October 17.

The signatories are Vietnamese Minister of Construction Trinh DinhDung and Cuban Minister of Trade and Foreign Investment RodrigoMalmierca Diaz.

Apart from traditional cooperativefields such as agriculture, energy, health, and biological technology,both countries looked towards the new area of construction material,said Minister Dung.

The two sides agreed to putforth measures to deepen cooperation in 2014-2015, based on thebilateral economic agenda signed in March this year during PrimeMinister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to Cuba .

New Cuban legal regulations on foreign investment are expected to open up opportunities for Vietnamese businesses.

Vietnam’s Viglacera and Cuba’s Industrial Construction Corporationsigned a Memorandum of Understanding on the feasible study of theestablishment of a joint venture in ceramics manufacturing.

The same day, First Vice President of the State Council and theCouncil of Ministers of Cuba Miguel Diaz Canel Bermudex, receivedVietnamese participants to the meeting, saying the Cuban Party and Statehope to enhance trade links with Vietnam based on the bilateraltraditional friendship and solidarity.-VNA

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