Party General Secretary Xi Jinping hosts counterpart To Lam in China
VGP - General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of China Xi Jinping and his spouse hosted an official welcome ceremony for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and President of Viet Nam To Lam and his spouse in Beijing on August 19 morning.
The welcome ceremony was held with the 21-cannon salute, the highest level reserved for a head of state.
The Vietnamese leader and his spouse are making a State visit to China from August 18-20 at the invitation of Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his spouse.
To Lam, his spouse, and a high-ranking delegation of Viet Nam arrived in Beijing on August 18 evening.
The visit marks the first foreign trip by the top Vietnamese leader in his new role. It is a significant diplomatic event between Viet Nam and China this year, expected to have a profound impact on the development trend of relations between the two Parties and countries./.