Astana, May 6 -- Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev chaired an official welcome ceremony on May 6 morning for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, who are on a three-day state visit to the Central Asian country. At the welcome ceremony, the two leaders introduced members of their respective high-level delegations. They stood on the honour platform as the national anthems of both countries are played, and then reviewed the guard of honour. Following the ceremony, the two leaders had a restricted meeting, and led the respective high-level delegations to hold talks.

Vietnam and Kazakhstan established diplomatic ties on June 29, 1992. Since then, their traditional frie...