Havana - Cuban Vice President Ramiro Valdes checked the housing construction program in the eastern provinces of Las Tunas and Holguin.

According to national television news program on Wednesday, the Cuban leader spoke with executives of companies related to the housing program in both territories and asked what was the local production of materials in each municipality.

The Commander of the Revolution also emphasized the need to guarantee quality in these productions and insisted on taking advantage of the resources of the communities, providing viable solutions to the population, according to the television report.

Valdes posted on Twitter that Las Tunas is in the vanguard, while Holguin is working to reach the necessary results to increase the local production of materials.