Vietnam attaches importance to relations and co-op with Cuba: PM

Vietnam always attaches importance to relations, and tries its utmost to further developing bilateral cooperation with Cuba, said Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung when meeting with Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz here on Wednesday.

Vietnam is ready to boost agricultural cooperation in particular with Cuba, and expects Cuba will provide favorable conditions for Vietnamese businesses' long-term investment in Cuba, said Dung.

Dung also hailed Rodrigo's visit to Vietnam, saying it will positively contribute to promoting the all-sided cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba.

For his part, Rodrigo expressed his pleasure at the fine development of the Cuba-Vietnam friendship and cooperation, saying both countries should continue to expand ties in all fields, especially in economics, trade and investment.

Cuba will always create favorable conditions for businesses from the two countries to expand their trade and cooperation, making bilateral economic ties growing in parallel with their political and diplomatic ties, said the Cuban minister.

Rodrigo's visit to Vietnam coincided with the 40th anniversary of the historical visit by former Cuban President Fidel Castro to Vietnam's central Quang Tri province during the harsh war time.

Vietnam will hold a solemn meeting on Thursday and Friday in Quang Tri province to celebrate the event, which praised Fidel Castro's visit as "a huge support and encouragement of the Cuban people rendered to the Vietnamese people's resistance war against the aggressors, for national liberation and reunification," said Dung.