Vietnam, Cuba strengthen finance ties

Havana (VNA) - The finance ministries of both Vietnam and Cuba agreed on a
2009-2010 cooperation programme that looks to further enhancing bilateral ties
during Deputy Finance Minister Tran Xuan Ha's visit to Cuba from March 9-14.

Also during the trip, finance ministry officials have discussed and shared a
wide-range of experiences, from budgetary issues, performance of treasuries, to
taxation policy and management.

On March 13, Deputy Finance Minister Ha held a working session with Cuban Minister
of Finance and Pricing Lina Olinda Pedraza, who remarked that the two ministries'
strengthening of cooperation will contribute to bolstering the two nations'
traditional friendship.

Deputy Minister Ha later met with Fidel Figueroa, Construction Minister and Chairman
of the Cuba-Vietnam Inter-governmental Cooperation Committee and First Deputy
Minister for Overseas Investment and Economic Cooperation, on matters of mutual
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