NA Chairwoman meets Secretary of Kazakhstan communist party

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan had a meeting with First Secretary of the Communist People’s Party of Kazakhstan Zhambyl A. Akhmetbekov in Astana on October 18.
NA Chairwoman meets Secretary of Kazakhstan communist party ảnh 1Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (L) ​and First Secretary of the Communist People’s Party of Kazakhstan Zhambyl A. Akhmetbekov (Source: VNA)
Astana (VNA) – Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan had ameeting with First Secretary of the Communist People’s Party of Kazakhstan (CPPK) Zhambyl A. Akhmetbekov in Astana on October 18 as part of her three-day officialvisit to the country.

The Vietnamese top legislator said her visit to Kazakhstan is set to tighten solidaritybetween the two countries.

Ngan told her host that the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has continuously conductedreshuffles to meet requirements of the revolution in the new period, with all ofits activities aiming to serve people. 

Under the CPV leadership, Vietnam is growing fast, as reflected by people’s betterliving standards and the country’s higher position in the international area,she said. 

Vietnamese people always keep in mind valuable support of the CPPK during theirpast struggle for national liberation and reunification, as well as the presentcause of national construction and development, Ngan said.

She expressed her delight when seeing all political parties in Kazakhstan attachimportance to the friendship with Vietnam.

For his part, Zhambyl A. Akhmetbekov said Kazakhstan hascarried forwards achievements of the October Revolution, cared for people’slives and backed internationalism.

The host said with about 104,000 members, the CPPK wins support of one millionpeople.

Following the meeting, NA Chairwoman Ngan and her entourage left Astana to go home.-VNA
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