The handover took place at a rice milling plant in San Cristóbal municipality, Artemisa province, Cuba.
AgriVMA Director Nguyen Thi Thom and Los Palacios General Director Michel Ballate Camejo signed the handover contract.
This was the fourth rice shipment delivered by AgriVMA to Cuba in 2026 under the bilateral agreement.
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Vietnamese rice producer AgriVMA hands over 1,500 metric tons of CT16 rice to Cuba. |
The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Cuban Ministry of Agriculture reached the agreement during General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee and President To Lam's visit to Cuba in September 2024.
To implement the agreement, AgriVMA has worked with Cuban partners on three pilot models: directly managing rice cultivation; supplying agricultural materials and technical assistance to Cuban farmers; and providing seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, machinery and technical support to local farming households.
The company has expanded its cultivation area from 1,000 ha to more than 2,500 ha across the provinces of Pinar del Río, Granma, Sancti Spíritus and Villa Clara. Its CT16 hybrid rice variety has achieved yields of more than 7 metric tons of fresh paddy per hectare.
AgriVMA has also installed and commissioned its first rice milling plant in San Cristóbal municipality, using Vietnamese technology and production lines.
AgriVMA Chairman Nguyen Van Quang said the company plans to deliver another 500 metric tons of rice in December.
In the coming years, it will expand cultivation areas and increase investment in post-harvest processing. The rice milling plant has been completed, while a drying facility is being finalized to improve preservation and processing efficiency.
Source: VNA