Vietnamese rice grower helps tackle Cuba's food shortage

Havana lets Vietnamese private firm grow rice in Cuba

LOS PALACIOS, Cuba — Outside Havana, a combine belonging to a private Vietnamese company is harvesting rice. It is directly farming Cuban land — in a first — to help address acute food shortages in the country. The Cuban government has granted Agri VAM, a subsidiary of Vietnam’s Fujinuco Group, 1,000 hectares of arable land. This

Vietnamese rice grower helps tackle Cuba's food shortage

Outside Havana, a combine belonging to a private Vietnamese company is harvesting rice, directly farming Cuban land -- in a first -- to help address acute food shortages in the country.