HCM City, Cuba boost development cooperation

Permanent Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Tat Thanh Cang  receives Deputy Head of the Department for External Relations of the Cuban Communist Party Central Committee Juan Carlos Marsan, Ho Chi Minh City,  January 18, 2018

At the reception, Marsan said Viet Nam plays a central role in Cuba’s external relations. 

The Southeast Asian country is also an important partner in Cuba’s economic development strategy, he added.

In 2018, the two countries will coordinate to organise high-level exchanges to promote bilateral friendship and cooperation between their Parties, States and peoples, he noted.

He suggested Cuba and HCM City share more experience in socio-economic development policies and step up collaboration in the fields of mutual concerns such as health care, education, tourism, and pharmaceutical chemistry. 

In turn, Permanent Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Tat Thanh Cang said Ho Chi Minh City hopes to implement cooperation programmes with Cuba in such potential fields as health care, hi-tech agriculture, and food processing.

He noted two-way trade has increased through years and reached US$60 million in the first 10 months of 2017.

Ho Chi Minh City will do its utmost to nurture the special friendship between Viet Nam and Cuban for the sake of their people as well as common peace and prosperity.

By Vien Nhu