Astana (VNA) - Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan arrivedin Astana on October 16 afternoon, beginning her three-day official visit toKazakhstan.
She was welcomed at Nursultan Nazarbayev international airport by VietnameseAmbassador to Kazakhstan Doan Thi Xuan Hien, Vice Chairman of the Mazhilis (lowerhouse) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Bojko Vladimir Karpovich and staff ofthe Vietnamese Embassy in Kazkhastan.
This is the first-ever visit to Kazakhstan by a Vietnamese National Assemblyhead.
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The visit is being made at the invitation of Chairman of the Senate of theParliament Kassym Zhomart Tokayev and Chairman of the Mazhilis (lower house) ofthe Parliament Nurlan Nigmatulin.
The Vietnamese and Kazakh legislative bodies have also maintainedcollaboration, both bilaterally and multilaterally.
The visit to Kazakhstan byChairwoman Ngan is expected to foster the bilateral partnership in economy,trade, investment, energy and culture-education.
The Vietnamese top legislator earlier had a series of activities at the 137thInter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-137) held in Saint Petersburg.-VNA