The Ambassador of Kazakhstan visits Hòa Bình province within first OTS Ambassadors joint field mission in Viet Nam

H.E. Mr. Kanat Tumysh, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Viet Nam, visited province Hòa Bình, located in northern Vietnam, southwest of Hanoi.

During the trip, he held a fruitful meeting with the provincial leadership, in particular, with Honourable Comrade Bùi Văn Khánh, the Chairman of People's Committee, with whom potential areas of cooperation were discussed, prospects for mutual economic-investment collaboration were studied.

Ambassador got acquainted with the potential and opportunities of the province in order to boost further cooperation (in particular, with a number of key goods produced in this administrative-territorial unit of Vietnam).

Among other things, in the fields of trade, agriculture, light industry, investment, tourism, transport, education and other sectors, as well as strengthening practical cooperation with leading business partners.

The parties also exchanged of views for the possible signing Memorandum of Cooperation between province Hòa Bình and one of the regions of Kazakhstan.

This visit was the first joint field mission of Turkic Ambassadors in Viet Nam. It was arranged at the initiative by H.E. Şövgi Mehdizadə (Shovgi Mehdizade), Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Viet Nam, Honourable Turkic brother high-ranked diplomat. The trip coincided with the Kazakhstan’s Chairmanship in the Organization of Turkic States (OTS).

The journey vas arranged to mark the 40^th Anniversary of the visit to Viet Nam in 1983, in particular, Hòa Bình, of the Soviet delegation, led by His late Excellency Honourable Mr. Heydar Aliyev, outstanding eminent statesman from the Turkic World, the Nation-wide leader of Azerbaijan, who was the First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Minister of the U.S.S.R. in 1982-1987.

Both Turkic Ambassadors visited Hòa Bình Hydro-Electric Power Station (Hòa Bình Dam, Hòa Bình Hydro Power Plant) on the Black River (Vietnamese: Sông Đà), the largest hydroelectric dam in Vietnam, and the 2nd largest in Southeast Asia. It measures 128 m (420 ft) in height, and 970 m (3,182 ft) in length. The facility is owned by Vietnam Electricity, and produces up to 8,160 GWh of power annually. Construction on the rock fill dam began in November 1979 within the framework of cooperation with the former U.S.S.R. In 1983 His late Excellency Honourable Mr. Heydar Aliyev reviewed the construction of the Hòa Bình Hydro-Electric Power Station. It was completed in 1994 and now produces approximately 27% of Vietnam's electricity.

Turkic Ambassadors also attended in Hòa Bình the Annual meeting of Vietnamese alumni of the State Oil Academy (Baku), who graduated in 1971.

At the end of the visit, two Turkic Ambassadors paid tribute to the First President Comrade Ho Chi Minh of Viet Nam, and laid flowers at His late Excellency’s monument in the city of Hòa Bình.