This weekend, authorities from the Asian country visiting Cuba delivered a donation of 10,000 tons of Vietnamese rice, while announcing a similar donation in the near future to alleviate the food crisis on the island.
According to press reports, Vietnam's Vice Minister of Finance, Le Tan Can, was the one who delivered to Cuban authorities the donation of 10,000 tons of rice and added that "very soon" the island would receive another "aid" of 1,500 tons of the same food.
At present, containers of the cereal, vital in the diet of Cubans, are unloaded in the Mariel area, more than 40 km from the Cuban capital. How will the product be distributed? According to the web According to the official newspaper Cubadebate, it will then be distributed in Cuban warehouses through the Mincin (Internal Commerce), although it was not stated whether it would be free of charge or at a "symbolic" cost.
"Vietnam will continue to support Cuba in rice production, to contribute to the Caribbean country's food security (...) it is a gesture of gratitude and solidarity with the Cuban people," the Vietnamese leader said about the rice donation to Cuba.
Donation of Vietnamese rice to Cuba: details
For its part, the Mincin officialVice Minister Aracelys Cardoso said that "once again Vietnam is lending us a hand in difficult times".
"This donation of rice is a sign of the special character of the ties between Cuba and Vietnam, this cereal being an essential element of the Cuban people's diet," he added.
Vietnam is the main supplier of rice to Cuba, where this cereal is an essential food and the average consumption exceeds 60 kilograms per person per year. However, given the crisis in the distribution of basic food basket products, rice is one of the products that disappears regularly and arrives later on the Cuban table.
While this is happening, their price rises on the Cuban black market and in foreign currency stores.
si es cierto que debemos ser agradecidos con el pueblo vietnamita, se han puesto a pensar que ese pueblo tiene para dar después de que pasará la invasion de los EEUU en la década de los 70. Reflexionen»
Espero no le cobren este producto a la población ya que es una donación echa por un país amigo nuestro pueblo esta pasando ambre debido a los altos presión de los productos.y el bajo salario que reside por su trabajo
Espero no le cobren este producto a la población ya que es una donación echa por un país amigo nuestro pueblo esta pasando ambre debido a los altos presión de los productos.y el bajo salario que reside por su trabajo
un país que vive de donaciones no es un país
Please, above all ❤️, the word itself indicates it is a donation. A few years ago when the tornado affected the municipality of Regla, mattresses had been donated and they were going to charge for them at all costs. NOTE there is a resolution for this type of protocol, it is a donation, just leaving my opinion, thank you.
Very good, the only thing missing is good control over the turnouts.
all the help in the world please, our people are suffering with this inflation...high cost of living...people who have fought for this revolution...they are even in the garbage dumps looking for food...it's very sad what we are living 😰😰😰😰
excellent news, let's hope that the people are not charged for this vital product on the table of the Cubans, as the Word says, it is a donation, just thank that great country for its help and that it arrives as soon as possible to more hands of the people, just say when it will be distributed as they have not said, best regards to all.
I understand that if it is donated, the people should not be charged because there are many vulnerable people and as the word says, it is donated and given away.
Well, I don't doubt it because donations come in here and many buy them, shamelessness on the front page.
Please donate rice that is edible, because it is really the worst rice that has ever entered the country.
Good morning
We hope that the population will not be charged $155:00 CUP for the rice that has been donated by Viet Nam and that they will not impose a symbolic price, since the word and the gesture say it all - DONATION.
Thank you very much