The agro-industrial company in the town of Ceballos in the province of Ciego de Avila increased its production after reducing the cycles of fruit processing in the last four years due to new equipment and technology.

Over one and a half hundred auditors from the Cuban General Comptroller´s Office in the eastern province of Guantanamo are supervising the way in which resources to clean the damage left by hurricane Matthew on personal property are being managed.

The 34th session of the Intergovernmental Commission between Cuba and Vietnam for economic and scientific-technical cooperation concluded with the signing of several legal instruments beneficial to both parties.

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 24 (acn) According to sources from the Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR by its Spanish acronym), Cuba began its high tourist season focused on achieving a more competitive destination by the quality of its services and permanent innovation.

The growing number of international visitors to Cuba, reported at over 3.1 million by the end of October, has sparked predictions of some 4.1 million in 2017.

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani reiterated his willingness to consolidate and expand cooperation relations with Cuba during a meeting in the capital Doha with visiting Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez, who is on a tour of Middle East countries up to November 28.

The number of private restaurants have grown in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba since 2010 when the government expanded its non-state policy but with the necessary supervision in order to prevent illegalities or the none compliance of regulations.

Cuba expects a 12 percent sugar production increase in the 2016-2017 sugar campaign with respect to the previous season when the economic sector failed to meet production schedules by 4 percent.

The Cuban tourist sector earned more than 1.2 billion dollars in the first half of this year, standing for a 15-percent growth if compared to same period in 2015, according to the island´s National Statistics and Information Office (ONEI).

At about 74 non-state restaurants operate in the province of Camagüey increasing the gastronomic offer and providing employment to some 500 self-employed workers, according to the number of people working, as an average, in these facilities.

The non-state economic sector in Cuba, including private businesses and cooperatives, has proved to be necessary for the sustainable development of the country´s economy.

Cuba is one of the most popular destinations of the American airline JetBlue Airways, said some of its officials in this city, after the arrival of the first flight of that company to the Ignacio Agramonte International Airport.

Although Samsung cell phones are already popular among Cubans, Samsung Electronics announced the opening soon of its first shop in a Havana beach area.

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 4 (acn) Cuba promotes 114 business projects in tourism among the close to 400 included in the 2016-2017 Foreign Investment Portfolio, since it is the most dynamic sector in Cuban economy.