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.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on September 16 had a meeting with Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz as part of his visit to the Caribbean nation for the Group of 77 plus China (G77+China) Summit.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam-Cuba Business Promotion Forum was held on September 30 in Hanoi, with the event featuring the participation of Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz and Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai.

VOV.VN - A seminar was held on April 19 in Ho Chi Minh City as part of efforts to promote investment in the Mariel Special Development Zone and boost co-operation in the fields of economics, trade, tourism, and health between the southern city and Cuban localities.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Construction Bui Hong Minh and Cuban Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Déborah Rivas Saavedra co-chaired an online meeting on November 5 to facilitate greater investment by Vietnamese enterprises in Cuba.

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.