Kazakh Ambassador visits Ninh Binh province, meets Vietnamese Deputy Prime-Minister

Kazakh Ambassador visits Ninh Binh province, meets Vietnamese Deputy Prime-Minister
On 26-27 April 2024 H.E. Mr. Kanat Tumysh, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Viet Nam, visited Ninh Binh, a Vietnamese province in the Red River Delta region of the northern part of the country, and attended UNESCO-Vietnam event dedicated to 10th Anniversary of Tràng An World Heritage Site.
With 973,300 people population, Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) of Ninh Binh reached 85,035 billion VND (equivalent to 3.61 billion USD), GRDP per capita reached 72.04 million VND (equivalent to 3,118 USD), while GRDP growth rate reached 5 .71%
The province is important tourist destination and is famous for a high density of natural and cultural attractions.
During the trip, Kazakh Ambassador met with H.E. Mr. Trần Lưu Quang, Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) of Viet Nam.
Honourable DPM is in charge of:
- judicial matters;
- ethnic and religious affairs;
- diplomacy and foreign relations; foreign direct investment (FDI); Vietnam's investment abroad; Vietnamese working abroad; concessional loan mobilization; foreign non-governmental aid; international integration, international and regional organizations; monitoring and directing the negotiation and implementation of bilateral and multilateral international commitments; handling international disputes and complaints;
- science and technology;
- information and communication.
The parties briefly discussed prospects of bilateral Kazakh-Vietnamese cooperation in some of the above areas. Inter alia, cooperation in the fields of investment and trade, cultural diplomacy and tourism, as well as encouraging people-to-people exchanges.
The meeting was held in a warm, friendly atmosphere aimed at raising bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level.