President of the Republic of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko presided over the welcoming ceremony for General Secretary To Lam and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation.
According to VNA, at exactly 11am, the car carrying General Secretary To Lam entered the Independence Palace. President Aleksandr Lukashenko warmly welcomed General Secretary To Lam at the parking lot.
President Aleksandr Lukashenko invited General Secretary To Lam to stand on the podium. The military band played the national anthems of the two countries.
The Captain of the Honor Guard welcomed the General Secretary on a state visit to the Republic of Belarus and invited General Secretary To Lam and President Aleksandr Lukashenko to visit the Honor Guard.

At the position of the Belarusese National Flag, General Secretary To Lam bowed his head to greet. President Aleksandr Lukashenko introduced Belarus officials and General Secretary To Lam introduced Vietnamese officials to attend the welcoming ceremony, then moved them to the position of honor together.
Next, the Honor Guard parade to welcome General Secretary To Lam and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation on a state visit to the Republic of Belarus.
At the end of the welcoming ceremony, General Secretary To Lam and President Aleksandr Lukashenko led a high -ranking delegation of the two countries to conduct talks; witnessing the ceremony to award cooperation agreements; Speaking to the press informing the results of the talks.
Over the past 30 years, since the establishment of diplomatic relations on January 24, 1992, Vietnam and Belarus have built, nurtured and developed traditional friendship and good cooperation on the basis of trust, equality and mutual respect, for the benefit of the people of the two countries, creating a foundation for closer and more active interaction in all fields.
This state visit to the Republic of Belarus by General Secretary To Lam and his wife and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation will create new momentum for strengthening and expanding bilateral relations, providing orientations to further deepen good relations, improving the effectiveness of existing mechanisms and forming new mechanisms to cooperate more regularly, more substantially and effectively.