Bonnie Ponwith, director of the Fishery Sciences Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States expressed today his interest in that entity to collaborate with Cuban entities as the National Aquarium. The laboratory, located in Florida State, reached its 50th anniversary this year and leads regional projects for monitoring the Gulf of Mexico in which he expressed his interest for Cuba to join the efforts.

Cuba promotes participation of the Vietnamese bank in business with the island, as part of cooperation for 2015-2016 period, analyzed today during the 33rd session of the bilateral Inter-Governmental Commission.

With more than 400 delegates on hand, the 10th Ocean Sciences Congress, Marcuba 2015, opens today at Havana’s Convention Center, and will continue through the week. Participants include experts from Cuba, the United States, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Spain, Colombia, Australia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Italy, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Britain.

Declared among the new seven Wonders Cities, Havana justifies that and many other recognitions remembered today when it turns 496 years of existence.

The Telecommunications Company of Cuba, ETECSA SA, announced on Thursday the opening of eight other wifi areas for wireless Internet access located in parks and urban zones of high influx of public, announced Granma newspaper.