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Cuba and Vietnam Open Joint Pharmaceutical Plant
Carlos Cabrera
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Cuban President MIguel Diaz-Canel (R) tours the Genfarma plant in Vietnam,
Aug. 2025. X/ @PresidenciaCuba
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September 1, 2025 Hour:
They announce new agreements on agriculture, health and archives.

On Sunday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel inaugurated a Cuban-Vietnamese
pharmaceutical plant “Genfarma,” which is dedicated to producing
pharmaceutical and biological products.

“It is moving to see this joint achievement. In less than a year, the
high-tech medicine plant of the Cuban-Vietnamese joint venture Genfarma is
already completed. It serves both peoples and aims to position Cuban
pharmaceuticals in the competitive Asian market,” he said.

The plant is located west of Hanoi in the Hoa Lac High-Tech Park, an
economic zone that functions as an innovation hub to attract research and
development companies. Vietnamese Health Minister Dao Hong Lan
congratulated both countries on creating Genfarma.

On Saturday, Diaz-Canel arrived in Hanoi to attend events marking the 80th
anniversary of the August Revolution and Vietnam’s National Day.

Previously, the Cuban leader announced that he had begun a tour of Vietnam,
China and Laos, which he called “sister nations with which we share deep
ties” and a history of collaboration and solidarity.

On Monday, Vietnamese President To Lam presented Diaz-Canel with a US$15
million donation raised in a solidarity campaign with Cuba that began in
mid-August.

The two leaders held private talks and then presided over the signing of
agreements on agriculture, health and archives. They also agreed on new
business cooperation to boost rice production with the goal of
progressively helping to guarantee food security in Cuba between 2025 and
2027.

Government communiques from Hanoi and Havana stressed that these relations
are a “symbol of resistance against U.S. imperialism,” recalling that in
1960 Washington labeled both governments as communist enemies.

Last year, Diaz-Canel hosted then-President To Lam in Havana to reaffirm
the close political and economic ties between the two nations. Vietnam has
become Cuba’s second-largest trading partner and the main Asia-Pacific
investor on the island, with bilateral trade of about US$340 million in
2023.

Vietnam is a major supplier of rice consumed in Cuba, as well as chemicals,
textiles and electronic components, while it mainly imports pharmaceuticals
from the island — one of Cuba’s standout industries.

*teleSUR/ JF *

*Sources: EFE – CubaDebate*
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