HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 16 (acn) Copa Airlines announced on Monday a new flight to Cuba, which will get to the central city of Santa Clara to benefit tourist trips to Santa Maria Cay.

Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of Vietnam, gave on Tuesday special importance to cooperation with Cuba in the area of food, in which the two nations are carrying out several joint projects, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said in Hanoi that Cuba and Vietnam bilateral cooperation relations have huge potential for further expansion, particularly trade and investment.

The new Cuban labor code, recently adopted by the National Assembly (Parliament), is in tune with the country's social reality as it recognizes both the state socialist companies as major economic structure and the non-state sector.

Two million travelers have visited Cuba so far this year, so its tourism goes at a brisk pace in its race for reaching for the first time three million international visitors.

Mojito, Daiquiri and Presidente are three of the Cuban drinks attracting, since Saturday, participants in the 18th Pan-American Congress of Bartenders and Educational Bar Show, under way in the Mexican city of Guanajuato.

A Chinese credit line will allow the setting up of a multi-purpose port terminal in eastern Santiago de Cuba, the second major city in Cuba at 850 kilometers from the capital Havana.

Workers from the Internacional Cubana de Tabacos SA (ICT by its Spanish acronym) maintained a high productive efficiency in the first seven months of the year, which allowed them to break the historical rolled and packaged figures.

World Trade Organization´s general director Roberto Azevedo welcomed the process underway in Cuba to find its own ways and means towards its larger presence in world economy and trade.

The Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba confirmed the island's attendance to the Milan 2015 Exhibition, to be held next year from May 1st through October 31 in that Italian city.

In tune with the need to strengthen the performance of farmer cooperatives towards higher results, the National Small Farmer Association replaced or released 632 cooperative presidents from their posts.

Last year 62 kilometers of railways were repaired in the provinces of Cienfuegos, Sancti Spiritus and Villa Clara, improving the trains circulation and the security of passengers in central Cuba.

In an effort to expand the presence of Cuban products and services at the world market, the Cuban Chamber of Commerce will promote the participation of local entrepreneurs at several international events in 2013.