Cuba & Vietnam on the Ho Chi Minh Highway 
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granma internacional digital
April 14, 2000


CUBA TO HELP VIETNAM IMPROVE THE HO CHI MINH HIGHWAY

Four Cuba-Vietnam Cooperation Agreements Signed at South Summit;
Vietnamese President Announces 2,000-Ton Rice Donation to Cuba

THE government of Viet Nam donated 2000 tons of rice to Cuba which will
shortly arrive in the island, according to a statement made by the president
of that country, Tran Duc Luong, during official talks held in Havana with
his Cuban counterpart, Fidel Castro.

A business delegation made up of 39 persons accompanied the head of state
with the aim of inquiring into Cuba's market potential and identifying
business opportunities.

During the president of Viet Nam's official visit, prior to his attendance
as head of a large delegation from his country at the South Summit, four
agreements on cooperation were signed.

The first of the documents refers to the purchase of rice from China,
through contracts between the Cuban entity, Alimport, and the Vietnamese
company, Vina Food. The second agreement refers to technical support and
overseeing the construction of the Ho Chi Minh highway, in Viet Nam. The
other two encompass economic and technical-scientific cooperation between
the ministries of construction in both countries.

Duc Luong, whose visit took place from April 8 to 11, also held talks with
the president of the Cuban parliament, Ricardo Alarcsn, who accompanied the
high-level delegation on a tour of the Latin American School of Medicine.
During the tour Duc Luong expressed his thanks to the people and the
government of Cuba for medical aid given to his country. He stressed that in
Viet Nam children are now immunized against six transmissible diseases and
life expectancy has increased from 40 to over 60 years.

Shortly before leaving the premises, where there are 3338 students from 20
Latin American countries studying, including 78 from Equatorial Guinea, he
donated a portrait of Ho Chi Minh and a computer.

(c) 2000 Granma Internacional, Havana, Cuba
 
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