At 11:35 a.m. on April 14, the plane carrying General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping landed at Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi), beginning a State visit to Vietnam from April 14 to April 15 at the invitation of General Secretary To Lam and President Luong Cuong.

President Luong Cuong went to Noi Bai International Airport to welcome General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and the high-ranking Chinese delegation. Joining the delegation were Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Permanent Secretary of the Party Secretariat Tran Cam Tu; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office Le Hoai Trung; Party Central Committee member, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh; Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu; Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Thanh Binh.

Accompanying General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping on this visit to Vietnam are: Politburo Standing Committee member, Secretary of the Secretariat, Chief of the Central Office Cai Qi; Politburo member, Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi; Secretariat Secretary, State Councilor, Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong; Party Central Committee member, Head of the Central External Liaison Department Liu Jianchao; Party Central Committee member, Minister of National Defense Dong Jun; Party Central Committee member, Director of the National Development and Reform Commission Zheng Sanjie; Party Central Committee member, Minister of Commerce Wang Wendao; Deputy Director of the Central Policy Research Office Tang Fangyu; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Vietnam He Wei; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sun Weidong; Director of the International Development Cooperation Department Luo Zhaohui.

The State visit to Vietnam is also the first foreign trip of General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping in 2025.

During the visit to Vietnam by General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping, the two sides are expected to hold many important activities and sign many cooperation documents in a range of fields.

President Luong Cuong welcomed General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping at Noi Bai airport.

This is the second state visit of General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping to Vietnam during his third term.

As China's leader, Xi Jinping has visited Vietnam four times, including once when he was Vice President in December 2011.

General Secretary and President Xi Jinping's visit to Vietnam took place at a time when the two countries celebrated the 75th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-China diplomatic relations (January 18, 1950 - January 18, 2025) and the Vietnam-China Humanitarian Exchange Year 2025.

The People's Police Academy's drum troupe and youth delegates dressed in Vietnamese ethnic costumes welcomed General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping.

Solemn welcome ceremony for the Chinese delegation at the airport.

Solemn welcome ceremony for the Chinese delegation at the airport.

DAC HUY - PHUONG ANH

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