According to VNA, accepting the invitation of General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping and his wife, General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation paid a state visit to China. from August 18-20.
On the morning of August 19, the official welcoming ceremony of General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation was solemnly held at the Great Hall of the People according to the highest protocol for heads of state.
General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping and his wife presided over the welcoming ceremony.
Attending the welcoming ceremony, on the Chinese side, there were also comrades: Thai Ky - Member of the Politburo Standing Committee, Secretary of the Secretariat, Chief of the Central Office of the Communist Party of China; Wang Yi - Member of the Politburo, Chairman of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Committee, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China; Wang Xiaohong - State Councilor, Minister of Public Security of China; Liu Jianchao - Head of the Foreign Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China; Trinh San Khiet - Chairman of the National Reform and Development Committee; Kim Trang Long - Minister of Industry and Information Technology; Vuong Van Dao - Minister of Trade and many leaders of departments, ministries, branches, central agencies, the Chinese National Political Association and Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Hung Ba.
The motorcade carrying General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife along with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation entered the Great Hall of the People. General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping and his wife warmly welcomed General Secretary and President To Lam and his wife.
The two sides introduced the officials present at the welcoming ceremony.
General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping invited General Secretary and President To Lam to step onto the podium of honor. The military band played the National Anthems of Vietnam and China , and fired 21 cannon salutes.
General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping and General Secretary and President To Lam inspect the honor guard of the People's Liberation Army of China. The honor guard marched past the podium of honor.
After that, General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping and General Secretary and President To Lam walked past the Military Band and waved to the children holding flags and flowers.
Next, the two General Secretaries, the President and the two wives took photos together in front of the National and Party flags of the two countries.
Immediately after the welcoming ceremony, General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping led the high-level delegation of China and General Secretary and President To Lam led the high-level delegation of Vietnam held talks. .
