President Nguyen Xuan Phuc receives Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, September 20, 2021.(Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA)

Mr. Phuc Monday hosted a reception in Havana for Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz and leaders of the Mariel Special Development Zone.

Those leaders expressed their hope for more investment from Vietnam based on the two countries’ special friendship and cooperation agreements in the judicial, trade, and financial areas.

President Phuc said Vietnam is the second largest foreign investor in the Mariel Special Development Zone. He encouraged Cuba to invest more in the zone’s infrastructure and offer a flexible, preferential investment policy to attract more investors.