General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam on September 26 morning (local time) visited the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM), the first free trade and export processing zone of Cuba, as part of his ongoing state visit to the Caribbean country.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang had a meeting with First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana on April 15.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang is scheduled to pay an official visit to Cuba from April 14 to 16, aiming to continue reinforcing multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Suchel-TBV laundry detergent factory and solar park of Vietnam's Thai Binh Investment and Trading Corporation at Mariel Special Development Zone in Artemisa province on April 21 (local time).

Vietnam will promote investment projects in the Mariel Special Development Zone in practical fields serving the development and daily needs of Cuban people, especially production of essential goods, high-tech industry and infrastructure development, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

Thai Binh investment trading group has inaugurated a plant making baby diapers and sanitary napkins at the Mariel special development zone in Cuba.

The Portuguese group Enpromoulds is the first enterprise to set up its plant at the ViMariel Industrial Park, which is located in Cuba’s Mariel Special Development Zone.

Vietnam and Cuba have huge potential to boost partnership in trade and investment, heard a conference held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction and the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment in Ho Chi Minh City on September 13.

A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City led by Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Vo Thi Dung paid an official visit to Cuba from April 4 to 7 to explore potential for cooperation with localities of the Caribbean country.

Cuba on October 31 announced its 2018 portfolio of opportunities for foreign investment at the 36th Havana International Fair (FIHAV) 2018 in Havana.

Suchel TBV S.A., a joint venture between Vietnam and Cuba, was approved by the Cuban Government to build a detergent plant in the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM), according to the Cuban News Agency (ACN).