(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese General Secretary To Lam had a meeting with Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov in Astana on Tuesday afternoon (local time) as part of his state visit to the Central Asian country.
 General Secretary To Lam and Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Olzhas Bektenov (Photo: Van Hieu/VOV) |
Both sides agreed to promote substantive cooperation in transport, energy - oil and gas, agriculture, and education; strengthen collaboration through the Inter-Governmental Committee for Economic, Trade, and Scientific–Technical Cooperation; and speed up the establishment of a Vietnamese trade representative office in Kazakhstan and the Vietnam–Kazakhstan Joint Business Council.
 General Secretary To Lam meets with Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Olzhas Bektenov. (Photo: Van Hieu/VOV) |
Party leader Lam proposed exploring new areas of cooperation like finance, digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI), emerging technologies, clean energy, digital economy and digital transformation. He suggested the two sides improve their legal environments to facilitate investment and business activities.
In particular, he requested Kazakhstan to facilitate deeper penetration of Vietnamese goods into the Kazakhstan market and the broader region, as well as creating favorable conditions for Vietnamese enterprises doing business and investing in Kazakhstan.
The two leaders reached consensus on boosting connectivity in transport, including railways and aviation, and fortifying joint work in logistics, tourism, sci-tech, and agriculture.
The same day, General Secretary To Lam met with Yerlan Koshanov, Speaker of the Mazhilis - the lower house of Kazakhstan’s parliament, who is also Chairman of the ruling Amanat Party.