A delegation of Cuba’s news agency Prensa Latina (PL) made a tour of thesouthern provinces of Binh Duong and Dong Nai on October 3.

At a meeting with Binh Duong provincial officials, PL President LuisEnrique Gonzalez Acosta said he was impressed at the rapid developmentin the fields of industry and foreign direct investment in Binh Duong.

He said the PL will keep close attention on thedevelopment of Binh Duong – one of the economic development models thatCuba is interested in.

Local officials reportedthat the province attracted over 1.4 billion USD in FDI in the firstnine months of this year period, bringing the total amount of foreigninvestment in the locality so far to more than 20 billion USD.

Meanwhile, in Dong Nai, the delegation was received by Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee Dinh Quoc Thai, who voiced his hope thatthe visit will open up new information channels for Vietnamese and Cubanbusinesses to know each other better, thus seeking more cooperationopportunities.

The Prensa Latina has alreadydispatched correspondents to Vietnam to inform the host’ssocio-economic situation to Cuban people and those from Latin Americancountries.

The guests also made fact-finding toursto some industrial parks in the two localities, including theVietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) in Binh Duong and the Amata,Bien Hoa 2 in Dong Nai.-VNA