Politicians Pham Thu Hang

On June 8, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc awarded the decision to appoint Pham Thu Hang - Deputy Director of the Press Information Department and deputy spokesperson to the position of Acting Director of the Press Information Department and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Thus, Pham Thu Hang becomes the fifth spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' regular press conference held on August 17, Thu Hang said Vietnam would send Representatives participating in the Summit of the world's leading emerging economies (BRICS).

On August 20 - 22, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will pay a visit Official Vietnam. This is the first time President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visits Vietnam. This is the first visit to Vietnam in the past 12 years by the president of Kazakhstan. This visit takes place as the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Kazakhstan has continued to develop well. According to Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Pham Thu Hang, in recent times the two have often exchanged delegations at all levels, especially high-level ones. Regarding economic and trade cooperation, Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union, of which Kazakhstan is a member, signed a Free Trade Agreement in 2015. Since then, bilateral turnover has reached the same level. cumulative growth of about 28% annually.