After several days of work, official delegations from the two States concluded on Monday the 41st Session of the Intergovernmental Commission for Economic and Scientific-Technical Collaboration, inking a Protocol containing various sectoral commitments including those closely related to trade, investment, agriculture, fisheries, biotechnology, health, construction, transportation, science, technology and environment, culture, tourism, sports, industry, energy and mines, finance and customs, higher education, labor and social security, information and communications, radio and television.

The closing ceremony was headed by the co-chairs of the Commission: Cuban Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Ricardo Cabrisas, and Vietnamese Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi.

The meeting was also attended by Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang who arrived in Havana on Sunday to pay an official visit.

Signed by Ricardo Cabrisas and Nguyen Thanh Nghi, the Protocol of the 41st Session is a valuable tool to guide the joint work with a vision of short, medium and long term.

According to Cabrisas, there were intense days of technical analysis: the experts, he explained, conducted a thorough review of present state of bilateral economic relations and also specified new plans for the main issues of mutual interest.

The leader further reaffirmed the most sincere gratitude of the Communist Party, the Cuban Government and the Cuban people for a rice donation sent by Vietnam which will soon arrive in Cuba.

In this regard, Ricardo Cabrisas claimed the willingness to enhance bilateral cooperation to produce food, particularly projects related to rice, corn and aquaculture.

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