Cuban Prime Minister to pay official visit to Viet Nam

The visit is made at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. 

On December 2, 1960, Cuba became the first country in the Western hemisphere to establish diplomatic relations with Viet Nam.

Since then the two countries have nurtured a special traditional relationship which serves as a foundation for cooperation across all sectors, especially economy, trade and investment. 

The Viet Nam-Cuba Intergovernmental Committee cooperation mechanism and other legal frameworks have created a momentum for development of all-round cooperation between the two countries.

The two nations inked a trade agreement in Ha Noi in November 2018 as part of an official visit to Viet Nam by the then President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers of Cuba Miguel Diaz Canel.

The bilateral trade deal serves as an important legal framework to promote the two-way trade in the coming time.

Cuba is among 10 biggest trade partners of Viet Nam in America, with the two-way trade  reached about US$200 million annually./.