Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev will pay an official visit toVietnam from October 31 to November 1 at the invitation of PresidentTruong Tan Sang.
The visit, which is the first bya high-ranking leader of Kazakhstan to Vietnam , representsKazakhstan ’s wish to boost multi-faceted cooperation with Vietnam ,especially in politics, economics, culture and education.
The two sides will discuss regional and international issues ofcommon concern as well as measures to strengthen coordination in theinternational arena.
The visit is expected to open up an effective cooperation between the two countries.
Since Vietnam recognised Kazakhstan as an independent nationand set up diplomatic ties with the country on September 26, 1992, thepolitical relations between the two nations have developed fruitfully.
The two countries have closely coordinated andsupported each other at the UN and other international forums.Kazakhstan actively backed Vietnam ’s admission to the Conference onInteraction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in 2010.
The two countries have vowed to support each otherin their bids to become members of the UN Human Rights Council in thecoming time.
Kazakhstan highly values Vietnam’s renewal achievements and its position in Southeast Asia and theworld. The two countries have recognised each other as market economies.
Despite numerous potentials and strengths, theeconomic-trade cooperation between the two countries remains modest withtwo-way trade reaching only 38 million USD in 2010.
The Vietnam-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Committee for Economic,Trade, Scientific and Technological Cooperation has convened fivesessions so far. The fifth session of the committee took place inAstana , Kazakhstan with the signing of the Vietnam-Kazakhstan JointAction Plan for 2011-2013./.