Party chief witnesses exchanges of Vietnam- Kazakhstan cooperation documents

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Television and Radio Complex of the President of Kazakhstan also signed a cooperation agreement on this occasion.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam (left) and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev adopt a joint statement on the establishment of the Vietnam-Kazakhstan Strategic Partnership. (Photo: VNA)
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam (left) and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev adopt a joint statement on the establishment of the Vietnam-Kazakhstan Strategic Partnership. (Photo: VNA)

Astana (VNA) – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on May 6 witnessed the exchanges of bilateral cooperation documents and issued a joint statement on the establishment of the Vietnam-Kazakhstan Strategic Partnership, within the framework of the Vietnamese top leader's state visit to Kazakhstan.

The cooperation documents include a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation between the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam and the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan; an MoU on cultural cooperation between the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Ministry of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan for the 2025 – 2027 period; another on sport cooperation between the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Kazakhstan; an a cooperation programme between the Ministry of Justice of Vietnam and its Kazakh counterpart for 2025 – 2027.

The People’s Committee of Vietnam's northern province of Hung Yen and Kazakhstan’s Kyzylorda region also exchanged an MoU on cooperation.

Meanwhile, Vietnam’s Sovico Group and Samruk-Kazyna Fund of Kazakhstan exchanged the minutes confirming the completion of the purchase and sale of shares in Kazakhstan's Qazaq Air JSC.

The Vietnam National Industry-Energy Group ((Petrovietnam)) and the KazMunayGas (KMG) - national oil and gas company of Kazakhstan - signed an agreement on cooperation in oil and gas exploration in Kazakhstan.

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General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev witness the exchange of the cooperation agreement between the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Television and Radio Complex of the President of Kazakhstan. (Photo: VNA)

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Television and Radio Complex of the President of Kazakhstan also signed a cooperation agreement.

Vietnam and Kazakhstan established diplomatic relations on June 29, 1992. Since then, their traditional friendship has been continuously strengthened and developed.

This state visit to Kazakhstan by Party General Secretary Lam, his wife, and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, contributes to promoting bilateral relations in many fields, opening up new cooperation opportunities and deepening the relationship between the two countries./.

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