President Xi arrives in Vietnam on a state visit
Tổng Bí thư, Chủ tịch nước Trung Quốc Tập Cận Bình đến Hà Nội, bắt đầu chuyến thăm cấp Nhà nước tới Việt Nam
President Xi Jinping arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam today on a state visit through the invitation by General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vo Van Thuong.
At the Noi Bai International Airport, more than 400 people from across the sectors of China and Vietnam holding flags of the two parties and countries awaited with excitement. Red banners shone brightly, welcoming the visit of General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his wife to Vietnam.
Upon their arrival on a special plane, General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, who is also the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was warmly greeted at the air stair by party and state leaders of Vietnam including Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Member of the Political Bureau, Secretary of the Secretariat, and Chairman of the Commission for Internal Affairs of the CPV Central Committee Phan Dinh Trac, and Secretary of the Secretariat and Chairman of the Commission for External Relations of the CPV Central Committee Le Hoai Trung and local representatives. Young Vietnamese presented bouquets to General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan. Guards of honor lined the red carpet. The crowd welcomed General Secretary and President Xi Jinping with joy in a warm and cordial atmosphere.
President Xi Jinping addressed the people, extending sincere greetings and best wishes on behalf of the CPC and the Chinese government and people to the brotherly CPV and the Vietnamese government and people. CPC General Secretary Xi pointed out that Vietnam is an important country of Asia and an important member of ASEAN. In recent years, under the leadership of the CPV, the Vietnamese people have been actively exploring a development path suited to the country’s national conditions, and advancing the cause of Doi Moi on all fronts.
Vietnam’s regional and international standing has been rising steadily. Connected by mountains and rivers, China and Vietnam enjoy time-honored traditional friendship. The friendship forged and nurtured by the older-generation leaders is a valuable asset for both the Chinese and Vietnamese peoples. China places priority on its relations with Vietnam in its neighborhood diplomacy.
President Xi Jinping expressed his hope that the visit will be an opportunity to have in-depth exchange of views with Vietnamese leaders on overarching and strategic issues that bear on the direction of the relationship between the two parties and countries as well as international and regional issues of mutual interest, and to bring the bilateral relationship to a new stage.
Madame Peng Liyuan, wife of President Xi Jinping, Cai Qi, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau and Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Wang Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Xiaohong, Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Public Security, and other officials accompanying General Secretary and President Xi Jinping arrived on the same plane.
Chinese ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo also came to the airport to receive the delegation.
On the way from the airport to the hotel, President Xi Jinping’s motorcade passed flags of the two parties and countries flanking the streets and red banners celebrating the long-lasting friendship between China and Vietnam and the growing bonds of camaraderie plus brotherhood. Many people gathered along the streets waving flags of the two countries and welcoming General Secretary and President Xi Jinping’s visit with great enthusiasm.
