Havana, March 6 -- A golden sweep of ripening rice fields now blankets Los Palacios district, Pinar del Rio province of Cuba, heralding a breakthrough in agricultural cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba.

This success story is the fruit of a pioneering partnership between Vietnamese company Agri VMA and local Cuban farmers, surpassing all expectations. In just three months, a 16-ha pilot project cultivating the CT16 rice variety delivered an average yield of 7.2 tonnes per hectare. This achievement is part of a larger 1,000-ha initiative aimed at transforming Cuban rice cultivation.

During a meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Quang Long on March 5, Agri VMA Chairman Nguyen Van Quang highlighted the company's efforts to fulfil...