On December 12, 2024, local time, in Havana, Cuba, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Viglacera Corporation – JSC Nguyen Van Tuan had a meeting with the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, President of Cuba Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.

Reporting to the President of Cuba, Mr. Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan – affirmed that after 6 years of operation, up to now, the ViMariel Industrial Park invested by Viglacera in the Mariel Special Economic Zone has contributed to promoting production and business activities, meeting the demand for goods for the Cuban market, creating more jobs for Cuban workers.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Viglacera Corporation – JSC Nguyen Van Tuan met with the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, President of Cuba Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.

In addition to ViMariel Industrial Park, Viglacera has contributed capital to establish Sanvig Joint Venture Company since November 2019, operating in the field of construction materials production. SanVig Joint Venture not only supplies goods to the domestic market, contributing to promoting the construction market in Cuba, but also exports, bringing foreign currency to Cuba.

ViMariel Industrial Park of Viglacera Corporation is Cuba’s first limited-term concession project for a 100% foreign-owned enterprise.

At the meeting, Mr. Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez expressed his excitement and welcomed Viglacera and Vietnamese enterprises to invest and cooperate in business in Cuba. The Cuban President reiterated the friendly and sincere relationship between Vietnam and Cuba, affirming that the two governments strongly support investment and business cooperation activities between enterprises of the two countries.

Since the visit and working session in Cuba in October 2024 by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam, Viglacera Corporation has actively promoted investment and cooperation activities with this country, in which in addition to industrial parks and construction materials, cooperation in pharmaceuticals, especially biotechnology products, is a new direction. At the same time, Viglacera and GELEX Group also support Cuba in the fields of agriculture, energy and technology.

Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan expressed his deep gratitude to Mr. Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez for the support of the Cuban Government for the activities of GELEX and Viglacera in Cuba in the past time, expressed his belief in the prospects of investment, business in Cuba and cooperation with Cuban enterprises, and made several proposals to help promote cooperation between enterprises of the two countries.

Currently, Vietnam is the second largest Asian trading partner and the largest foreign investor in Asia in Cuba with 6 projects implemented.

Cuba is committed to always welcoming and accompanying Vietnamese investors. The Cuban government will look for mechanisms and solutions to facilitate the activities of Vietnamese enterprises investing in Cuba.