On the afternoon of April 22, at the Presidential Palace, General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife Ngo Phuong Ly chaired the official welcoming ceremony for South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and his wife Kim Hae Kyung on a state visit to Vietnam.
Attending the welcoming ceremony were Politburo members: Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Organization Committee Nguyen Duy Ngoc; General Phan Van Giang - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense; General Luong Tam Quang - Minister of Public Security; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Policy and Strategy Committee Nguyen Thanh Nghi; Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung.
Members of the Party Central Committee: Chief of the Party Central Committee Office Nguyen Hai Ninh; Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Doan Anh; Chairman of the Presidential Office Le Khanh Hai; Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Lam Thi Phuong Thanh; Minister of Home Affairs Do Thanh Binh; Minister of Industry and Trade Le Manh Hung; Minister of Finance Ngo Van Tuan; Minister of Science and Technology Vu Hai Quan; Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Vu Dai Thang; Standing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu.
And comrades: To An Xo - Assistant to the General Secretary, President, In charge of the General Secretary's Office; Vu Ho - Vietnamese Ambassador to Korea.
Along both sides of the road inside the Presidential Palace, children of the Capital holding flags of the two countries warmly waved to President Lee Jae Myung and his wife and the high-level delegation of South Korea.
The convoy escorting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and his wife entered the Presidential Palace. General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife were present at the red carpet warmly welcoming President Lee Jae Myung and his wife.
Children of the Capital proceed to present President Lee Jae Myung and his wife with fresh bouquets of flowers.
In the sound of welcoming music, General Secretary and President To Lam and President Lee Jae Myung advanced to the podium of honor. The military band sang the national anthems of the two countries, and 21 salvos of cannons were fired from Thang Long Imperial Citadel during the welcoming ceremony.
General Secretary and President To Lam and President Lee Jae Myung left the podium, stepped forward to bow to the military flag and review the Vietnam People's Army Honorary Team. Next, the two leaders introduced the composition of the high-level delegations of the two countries to attend the welcoming ceremony.
After the welcoming ceremony, General Secretary and President To Lam and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung held talks; witnessed the signing ceremony of cooperation documents and met with the press.
