Astana, May 6 -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam met with Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Maulen Ashimbayev in Astana on May 5 evening, within the framework of his state visit to the Central Asian nation. Welcoming the Vietnamese Party leader, his spouse and a high-level delegation of Vietnam, Ashimbayev congratulated Vietnam on its successful organisation of the grand celebration of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification. Emphasising the significance of the first visit by a Party General Secretary since the two countries established their diplomatic relations in 1992, the Senate Chairman affirmed that Kazakhstan attaches great impo...