The successful progress of Cuba-Vietnam cooperation in rice production, based on the three methods implemented by Agri-VMA in Los Palacios, was highlighted by the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, during his visit to the island on Monday afternoon to receive Nguyen Van Quang, president of the company.
A user of the Mariel Special Development Zone, the company is developing a collaborative project in areas of the Agro-industrial Grain Company in Pinar del Río province. This collaboration combines rice cultivation on land held in usufruct under a 100% foreign-owned enterprise model, partnership agreements with Cuban producers, and the sale of inputs and technological packages to growers in the Vueltabajo region in foreign currency. These methods are yielding high production rates of wet paddy rice.
In assessing the results of the collaboration with Agri-VMA, Díaz-Canel emphasized that this demonstrates the consensus he reached with the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), To Lam, during the latter's visit to the island in 2024.
The Head of State thanked Nguyen Van Quang for support that shows "that in a short time Cuba will be able to become self-sufficient in rice."
He urged the company to complete the agreed-upon plans and to continue strengthening the methods aimed at cooperative production with farmers and the marketing of inputs and technological packages. He also highlighted the contribution this experience is making in attracting other Vietnamese companies.
Comrade Nguyen Van Quang thanked President Díaz-Canel Bermúdez for the welcome; he commented that this visit fulfills his country's leadership's decision to continue supporting sister nation Cuba.
"Cuba," he said, "is going through a difficult time, but we are fully prepared to continue supporting it so that it can overcome these challenges."
