Kazakhstan and Vietnam expand aviation cooperation

Hanoi, October 17, 2024 – Ambassador of Kazakhstan Kanat Tumysh held a meeting with the Deputy Director of the Air Transportation Department of the Civil Aviation Agency under the Ministry of Transport of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mr. Dao Ngoc Dung. The meeting was also attended by representatives of DHT Aviation, as well as Ms. Patty Leung, Regional General Manager of Air Astana for Korea, Hong Kong, Macau and Southeast Asia.

As a result of the joint work of the Embassy and the regional representative office of Air Astana in Hong Kong (responsible for the East Asia region), an agreement was reached to launch a new regular flight on the routes Almaty – Phu Quoc – Almaty from October 28, 2024 with a frequency of 5 times a week (final) and Astana – Phu Quoc –Astana from November 16 2024 with a frequency of 2 times a week (preliminary).

In addition, the issues of launching flights on the routes Astana – Cam Ranh – Astana, Almaty – Cam Ranh – Almaty, as well as Almaty – Da Nang – Almaty in 2025 were also discussed.  

The Vietnamese side assured that they will finalize the necessary documents at the earliest convenience and notify the Kazakh side about the results.

The meeting was held in a warm, friendly atmosphere aimed at raising bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level in the coming years.