Political News 9/9 PM Dung meets with visiting Cuban official  Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung met with Cuban Minister of Food Industry Maria Del Carmen Concepcion Gonzalez yesterday during her working visit to Highlighting She hoped Previously, In accordance with the agreements reached during the 30th and 31st meeting of the Viet Nam-Cuba Inter-Governmental Committee, Viet Nam provided VND42 billion (US$2 million) for the second phase of a project to develop crop varieties in Cuba during the 2014-17 period and VND12 billion (over $571,000) for a project supporting Cuba's aquaculture sector during the 2014-16 period. Both projects were launched in March. In addition, the two sides worked together to draft a coffee co-operation agreement. A joint rice production project in Cuba for the 2009-15 period helped raise Cuba's average rice output from 3.45 to 4.57 tonnes per ha, she noted. President Sang visits Quang Tri province President Truong Tan Sang toured the central Emphasising the importance of Con Co island district for national security and defence strategy, President Sang called on the locality to apply measures to promote local socio-economic development without affecting defence efforts. He also suggested islanders should pay more attention to protecting the island’s forests. During his visit to Vinh Thach commune, the State leader hailed the locality’s efforts to implement the new-style rural area building programme, fulfilling 15 out of the total 19 criteria and targeting to achieve the rest by the end of this year. He urged Vinh Thach to accelerate the application of agricultural production technologies to improve the quality of products, particularly pepper and rubber, and share their experience with other localities. In a working session with key provincial leaders, President Sang urged Quang Tri to increase its GDP to bring it in line with the national average. He said more attention should be paid to national defence and security, agricultural development and the new-style rural area building programme. The locality was also requested to make full use of its strengths in processing agricultural, forestry and aquatic products and effectively utilise its resources. Labour-intensive sectors such as garment, textile and footwear manufacturing should be regarded as leading industries, the leader noted. In terms of services, he urged Quang Tri to review the East-West Economic Corridor development programmes and work on tourism in collaboration with neighbouring countries. The President also highlighted the need for provincial leaders to clarify the role of the Lao Bao border economic area in the East-West Economic Corridor. According to the Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, Nguyen Duc Cuong, Quang Tri recorded an annual GDP growth of 7.2 percent, with a budget rise of 55 percent and an increase in exports of 21 percent. The province has invested VND11.26 trillion in the building of new-style rural areas, he said. He suggested that more central support be provided for a number of projects, including bringing electricity to Con Co, building a dyke system on the island, and constructing My Thuy port. On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn festival, President Sang also presented gifts to the children of Con Co. Tatarstan President welcomed in Chairman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Vu Xuan Hong hosted a reception for the President of the VUFO Chairman Hong hailed the visit as a contribution to the time-honoured friendship between He said he hopes trade links and people-to-people exchanges would prosper in times to come. President Minnikhanov said there are many ways to enhance collaboration between Tatarstan and During the meeting, the two sides expressed their belief that the visit marks the beginning of long-term cooperation between Tatarstan and the ministries and localities of The statement was made by Luu proposed the two countries’ legislative bodies increase closer coordination at regional and international parliamentary forums. He expressed his wish that both sides will continue strengthening reciprocal delegation exchange bilateral cooperation in such fields as economics, trade and development aid. For his part, Chairman of Kuwait-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians Group, Khalil Abdulla Ali said his delegation’s visit aims to step up relations and trade links alike with Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Le Thanh Hai requested the Speaker of the Myanmar Assembly of the Union, Thura U Shwe Mann, to support businesses in the city and Welcoming his guest to the city on September 8, Hai said the vast future potential and strong reform policies in Myanmar represented favourable conditions for both sides to increase their cooperation in all fields, including trade, investment, tourism, urban planning and management, and knowledge exchange. Currently, many enterprises in Thura U Shwe Mann said he was impressed by the dynamic development of Lauding the significant contribution of the city to Thura U Shwe Mann reckoned that Yangon and Currently, Source: VNA/VOV |
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