Vietnam Day in Havana fair 2013
(VOV) - Twenty-four Vietnamese businesses were among the 1,400 representatives of 64 countries attending the 31st Havana International Fair (FIHAV 2013).
The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Trade Promotion Agency (TPA) and the Vietnamese Trade Office in Cuba organised a Vietnam Day as part of the Fair.
Ambassador Duong Minh highlighted the traditional solidarity shared by Vietnam and Cuba and called on both countries’ businesses to boost economic and trade ties to a level on a par with their bilateral political relations.
TPA Deputy Director Ta Hoang Linh said the fair enables Vietnamese and Cuban businesses to exchange experience and discuss long-term cooperation.
Linh expressed his hope that Cuban authorities will create the most favourable conditions possible for the two countries’ businesses to increase their trade and investment cooperation.
Cuba’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Antonio Carricarte said bilateral trade relations have yet to reflect the two countries’ potential.
He said the fair offered both sides the chance to exchange new products in addition to the traditional rice, coal, coffee, and pharmaceutical trades. Vietnam and Cuba are actively cooperating in tourism and energy.
Carricarte also briefed Vietnamese businesses on the advantages of investing in Mariel Port’s industrial zone.