VNA reported that on the afternoon of August 18, General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife, along with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, left Guangzhou city, Guangdong province (China) for Beijing to continue their visit. State level to the People's Republic of China from August 18-20, at the invitation of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of China Xi Jinping and his wife.
At exactly 6:40 p.m. (local time), the plane carrying General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife, along with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, landed at Beijing International Airport.
Welcoming General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation at Beijing International Airport, on the Chinese side were Politburo member and Chairman of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Central Government, Foreign Minister Wang Yi; Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hung Ba; a number of officials at the department and department levels and the masses of the Chinese people. On the Vietnamese side, there are officials from the Vietnamese Embassy in China, the community and Vietnamese students in China.
In particular, the welcoming ceremony also had the participation of a large number of Chinese youth, teenagers, and children in welcoming dance performances.
Beijing International Airport is resplendent with the Vietnamese and Chinese national flags. Two rows of soldiers along the red carpet. Comrade Wang Yi and Chinese officials warmly welcomed General Secretary, President To Lam and his wife and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation.
In the evening of the same day, General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Beijing, met and talked with Embassy officials and representatives. Vietnamese community and international students in China.
The State visit to the People's Republic of China is the first foreign business trip of General Secretary and President To Lam in his new position; is a particularly important foreign policy activity between Vietnam and China in 2024, having a huge impact on the development trend of relations between the two Parties and two countries in the long term to come.