The Civil Aviation Committee of Kazakhstan has officially licensed Vietjet Air to launch direct flights between Vietnam and Kazakhstan.

A book featuring the philosophies of celebrated Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher Abai Kunanbaev (1845-1904) has been translated into Vietnamese.

The latest world ranking update sees the Vietnamese women's volleyball team climb one place.

Chairman of the Mazhilis (lower house) of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November 13-15.

 A bus has caught fire in north-western Kazakhstan, killing 52 people, the interior ministry has said.

 Khudyakov Vitaliy of Kazakhastan won the first gold medal at the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG5) after finishing first in the men’s 10km marathon swimming race in Da Nang yesterday.

 The recent visits of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to Kazakhstan, Algeria, Portugal and Bulgaria have helped multilateral economic links and bilateral collaborations, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bui Thanh Son, has told the press.

 Kazakhstani FM Yerlan Idrisov and Indian FM Sushma Swaraj will pay official visits to Viet Nam from August 24-25 and August 25-26, respectively.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry has decided to appoint a Vietnamese citizen as its Honorary Consul in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Constitution open to all Vietnamese; Sympathies to Kazakhstan President; Lao Party leader visits HCM City; Vietnam-Laos Friendship Year a success