VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam and Cuba will use the Vietnam-Cuba Joint Governmental Cooperation Committee as a platform to aid the two countries in expanding cooperation in energy, oil, biotechnology and agriculture.
Visiting Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and Raul Castro, Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, First Vice President of the State Council and First Vice President of the Council of Ministers, reached the agreement during their talks in Havana on June 1.
The committee has been charged with looking into prospecting and drilling for oil on land and in the Gulf of Mexico, providing technical assistance for a biotechnology centre in Vietnam and rice cultivation in Cuba.
The host and the guest also focused on increasing the exchange of visits by Party and state officials and furthering security and foreign relations cooperation.
Vice President Castro said the visit to Cuba by General Secretary Manh would prove to be a steeping stone in lifting the friendship and traditional cooperation between the two Parties, states and people to new heights.
He also spoke highly of General Secretary Manh’s tour of Latin America where he had made stops in Chile, Brazil and Venezuela, describing the visits as an important political event for the region and future cooperation between Latin America and Southeast Asia in general.
The Cuban Vice President concluded by stating his administration's support of Vietnam’s bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2008-2009 term.
In response, General Secretary Manh said Vietnam stands firm with Cuba in its struggles to remove the US embargo on the island state, have five young Cubans released from US custody and have accused airline and hotel bomber Luis Posada Carriles brought to trial.
After the talks, General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and Vice President Raul Castro witnessed the signing of eight agreements on finance, sports, television and oil exploration; a cultural cooperation protocol, an archives cooperation plan and a memorandum of understanding on rice cultivation in Cuba.
Party General Secretary Manh also presented part of a 3,000 tonnes of rice as donation to Cuban people and 100 TV sets to offices of the Communist Party of Cuba. | 
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