(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary To Lam visited and delivered a policy speech at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan on Tuesday, as part of his state visit to the Central Asian nation.
 General Secretary To Lam delivers a policy speech at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan. (Photo: Van Hieu/VOV) |
In his speech, the Party leader stressed that the newly established Vietanm-Kazakhstan Strategic Partnership should be implemented through substantive and effective cooperation, thereby becoming a model of South-South collaboration between Southeast Asia and Central Asia.
 General Secretary To Lam and leaders, lecturers and students of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan (Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA) |
The Party General Secretary stressed that five key "connections" should be strengthened in the coming time.
“First is the people-to-people connection, encompassing ties between the two countries’ leaders, institutions, and peoples. Within this framework, the two nations should enhance frequent and substantive high-level political dialogues, across all Party, State, parliamentary, and people-to-people channels. Both sides should also explore establishing new dialogue mechanisms in areas such as defense, security, trade, science-technology, and locality-to-locality cooperation. In addition, they should intensify joint work in education, arts and culture, and tourism,” said the Vietnamese Party leader.
The same day, at the Astana National Opera and Ballet Theatre in the capital Astana, General Secretary To Lam, his wife Ngo Phuong Ly and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attended the Vietnam - Kazakhstan friendship concert.