Hanoi, May 5 -- Vietnam and Kazakhstan are forging a partnership to serve as mutual gateways to broader markets, with Vietnam eyeing Central Asia and Eastern Europe and Kazakhstan seeking deeper inroads into ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific. As bilateral trade flourishes, an upcoming state visit to Kazakhstan by Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam promises to inject new energy into economic ties. Sustaining growth Since the Vietnam - Eurasian Economic Union Free Trade Agreement (VN - EAEU FTA) took effect in 2016, trade between the two countries has grown steadily, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). From 2017 to 2021, bilateral trade swelled 28% on annual average. In 2024, it reached 479.1 million USD, a 19...