Goods loading at Phuoc Long ICD port in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)
Speaking to the Viet Nam News Agency in Havana on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the victory, Corredera, who studied in Viet Nam in the 1970s, said that she has always closely followed every step of development of the nation that she loves as her second home.
She held that reunification and peace have opened up various opportunities for Viet Nam in international cooperation.
Initially, most foreign direct investment projects in Viet Nam focused on two main areas of textiles and garments and footwear, but now Viet Nam is rising rapidly in the value chain and become an important electronic product assembly centre in the world.
Besides, Viet Nam’s external policy has been increasingly open, with many achievements recognised in the region and the world, she noted, stressing that from a war-torn country with destroyed infrastructure, but with their brainpower, sacrifice and altruism, Vietnamese people have steadily moved forward and reaped many great results.
Today, Viet Nam has become one of the world leading rice exporters and a big exporter of coffee and many other products, realising President Ho Chi Minh’s wish to build a more prosperous country, said Corredera, expressing her belief that Viet Nam’s goal to become a developed country by 2045 will become true.
Looking back on the close brotherhood between Cuba and Viet Nam, the ICAP Vice President underlined that special sentiments that the two peoples have given to each other started from hardest time that the two countries faced.
The two sides have always stood by each other. When Viet Nam was devastated by war, Cuba assisted and supported the country's reconstruction. When Cuba fell into economic crisis, Viet Nam sent hundreds of tonnes of rice, school supplies, toys and many other donations to the Western Hemisphere. That special friendship has continued to develop strongly based on a foundation of mutual trust, understanding and mutual respect, she stated.
Corredera, or Nguyen Thi Hue - the Vietnamese name given to her by Heroine Nguyen Thi Dinh, reminded the young generation of Viet Nam of the nation's heroic past and cherish the sacrifices by their older generations for national independence and freedom./.
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