The interview of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was covered for the Vietnamese media

The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Vietnam hosted a briefing for representatives of the leading media and the expert community of Vietnam on the recent interview of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to the newspaper «Egemen Qazaqstan», in which he summed up the results of 2023.

During the briefing, Kazakh Ambassador Kanat Tumysh, in unison with the main provisions of the interview with the Head of State, outlined the priorities of the President of Kazakhstan in the domestic and foreign policy, and also informed the Vietnamese public about the achievements within the framework of economic course of the New Kazakhstan. At the same time, emphasis was placed on the innovative transformations carried out in the country in recent years, the practical implementation of the constitutional reform of 2022, the implementation of the concept of a "Hearing State", as well as the prospects for further development of the country.

A separate element of the briefing was a detailed explanation of the details of the January 2022 events, bringing to the general public the true picture of what happened firsthand. Following the briefing, the documentary "Tragic January. How it was." was presented.

Representatives of the Vietnamese mass media and academic circles were impressed by the large-scale political and economic innovations within the framework of the new course of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. During the briefing, the priorities of the modern foreign policy of our country, as well as the development of bilateral cooperation between Kazakhstan and Vietnam, became the subject of special interest. In particular, the issues of nuclear power plant construction in Almaty region and the chairmanship of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2024 in several reputable international organizations at once: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia, the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, the Islamic Organization for Food Security.

The Vietnamese side was particularly interested in the prospects of cooperation between ASEAN and OTS. Ambassador Kanat Tumysh noted that the modernization of the Kunming (China)-Lao Cai-Hanoi-Haiphong railway line is an important prerequisite for the development of the Vietnam-China-Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan-Turkey transport corridor.

According to him, goods from Vietnam can be delivered to Europe through the Lao Cai-Kunming-Urumqi-Almaty-Aktau-Baku-Istanbul railway corridor in just two weeks. "The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route has been approved by the countries along it. As soon as the Kunming (PRC)-Lao Cai-Hanoi-Haiphong railway is upgraded, Vietnam will be able to connect to the transport corridor to Europe," the Ambassador said.

The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, passing through Central Asia, the South Caucasus and further across the Black Sea to Europe, is the shortest railway route between Western China and the European Union.