VN donates 5,000 tons of rice to Cuba

VGP - Vietnamese authorities donated 5,000 tons of rice to Cuba on June 20. The gift was announced by President Tran Dai Quang during his visit to Cuba in November 2016.

The hand-over ceremony was held at the headquarters of Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment (Mincex). 

Present there were Deputy Director General of the Vietnamese General Department of State Reserves Le Van Thoi, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Nguyen Trung Thanh, Director General of the Cuba Food Export-Import Corporation (Allimport) Alejandro Mustelier Zamora, among others. 

Le Van Thoi recalled material and spiritual assistance the Cuban people had given to Vietnamese people in the past, and emphasised the support of the Vietnamese Party, State and people for the Cuban people’s revolutionary cause.

In turn, Alejandro Mustelier Zamora thanked for the gift, saying that it is a token of friendship between the two Parties, States and peoples.

He highlighted the gift’s significance to people in Cuba’s eastearn provinces, who suffered from a strong storm last year.

                                                                                                                                         By Vien Nhu