Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quangis scheduled to pay an official visit to Cuba from April 14 to 16, aiming tocontinue reinforcing multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.

Talking to the Vietnam News Agency, Vietnamese Ambassador Designateto Cuba Le Quang Long said the visit is taking place amid the continually enhanced traditionalfriendship and increasingly substantive cooperation between the two countries.Their fraternity, comprehensive cooperation, and mutual trust have been furtherstrengthened and expanded in all aspects.

During the trip, the twosides will focus on promoting agricultural cooperation, including in rice productionand aquaculture, to help Cuba guarantee long-term food security. Their relevantministries and sectors will review bilateral cooperation; work out measures forfostering partnerships, especially in politics - diplomacy, economy - trade -investment, agriculture, and science - technology; step up the implementationof the Inter-Governmental Committee mechanism; and push ahead with a legalcorridor for facilitating bilateral cooperation and people-to-people diplomacy.
         
Deputy PM Quang is set to make courtesy visits to First Secretary of theCommunist Party of Cuba and President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel, along with PM Manuel Marrero Cruz. Hewill also meet with Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla,have talks with Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment RicardoCabrisas Ruiz, and attend the closing session of the 41st meeting ofthe two countries’ Inter-Governmental Committee.

He is scheduled to visit the Mariel Special Development Zone,some investment projects of Vietnamese businesses there, and the Vo Thi ThangPrimary School. He will also engage in a meeting with representatives of theVietnamese community and the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba, accordingto Long.

The diplomat noted the visit is intended to affirm the Vietnamese Partyand State’s consistent policy of further intensifying the special friendship,solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation with the Cuban Party, Government, andpeople; demonstrate Vietnam’s willingness to help ease the serious economicchallenges and difficulties facing the Caribbean nation; and assist Cuba to stabilisethe socio-economic situation and ensure food security via concrete measures ofagricultural cooperation and rice export.

He perceived that the two countries boast substantial room and potentialfor economic, trade, and investment partnerships. Leaders of the VietnameseParty and State have always ordered optimal conditions be created for bringingcooperation in these areas on par with the political relations and mutual trust.

Longvoiced his belief that basing on the time-tested solidarity, specialfriendship, and all-round cooperation, the two countries can harvest practicalresults to carry out the agreements reached during high-level visits andmeetings while boosting fruitful relations, particularly in economy, trade, andinvestment./.