Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Thanh Tung (L) and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Yamilé Ramos Cordero at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open a photo exhibition of Vietnam nowadays(Photo: VNA)At a meeting with Yamilé Ramos Cordero, First Secretary ofthe provincial Party Committee, Tung underlined the special nature of the Vietnam-Cubasolidarity as well as their leaders’ determination to promote relations in allfields.
He also highlighted the Cuban province's potential in hosting projects with capital from Vietnamese enterprises, especially in theagricultural sector.
With an area of nearly 8,900 square kilometres and apopulation of more than 570,000, Pinar del Río is renowned as the largestproducer of cigars with the highest quality. It also has strengths in tourism,agriculture and mining.
As part of his trip, Tung attended a seminar on Vietnamese revolutionand challenges to socialism in Asia, which gathered more than 200 participants. The Vietnamese diplomat also joined Secretary of theprovincial Party Committee Yamilé Ramos Cordero at a ribbon-cutting ceremony toopen a photo exhibition of Vietnam nowadays.
Talking to the local reporters after the ceremony, Tungstressed that Vietnam and Cuba have established cooperation mechanisms andexchange channels to beef up relations in all fields.
In addition to the current cooperation in rice cultivation, he believedthat Pinar del Río has potential for joint projects with Vietnamese partners inother agricultural fields such as beef, poultry, and citrus fruit production.
On the occasion, Pinar del Río screened a documentary filmand kicked off a photo exhibition about the local medical expert ElenaFernández Castro, who witnessed the fiercest period of Vietnam's resistance war against the US for national salvation before she died of illnesson July 27, 1972 in Hanoi at the age of 46./.
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