Chinese General Secretary and President Hu Jintao and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong review the honor guard at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 11, 2011. (Photo: VNA)

General Secretary and President of China Hu Jintao invited General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at a solemn reception to welcome the delegation during their visit in 2011. (Photo: VNA)

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Russia from November 23 to November 26, 2014. (Photo: VNA)

General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visit the Exhibition of Results of the Theoretical Seminar between the Communist Party of China and the Communist Party of Vietnam during their visit to Beijing from April 7 to April 10, 2015. (Photo: VNA)

US President Barack Obama welcomed General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in the Oval Office at the White House on July 7, 2015. This is also General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's first official visit to the United States. (Photo: Reuters)

In 2015, at a reception for General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, US Vice President Joe Biden used the Tale of Kieu to talk about Vietnam-US relations. (Photo: AP)

General Secretary and President of the Lao PDR Bounnhang Vorachith and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong inspect the guard of honor during an official visit to Laos in 2016. This was also General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's first overseas trip after the 12th National Party Congress. (Photo: VOV)

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during his visit to Beijing on January 12, 2017. (Photo: Xinhua)

On November 12, 2017, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received US President Donald Trump on a state visit to Vietnam after the APEC Summit. (Photo: VNA)

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong held talks with First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba Raul Castro Ruz on the afternoon of March 29, 2018 at the Palace of the Revolution in the capital Havana. (Photo: VNA)

Image of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong laying flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow during his visit to Russia on September 5, 2018. (Photo: VNA)

General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong and DPRK Chairman Kim Jong-un inspect the honor guard at the Presidential Palace. This is Mr. Kim Jong-un's official visit to Vietnam on the occasion of the second US-DPRK Summit in Hanoi in 2019. (Photo: VNA)

General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong held talks with US President Donald Trump during his visit to Vietnam to attend the second US-North Korea Summit in Hanoi in 2019. (Photo: VNA)

On September 24, 2020, General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong sent an important message to the High-level General Debate of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the General Debate was organized in the form of high-level leaders of countries recording their speeches in advance to be broadcast live at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the United States. (Photo: VNA)

In November 2020, General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong delivered the opening speech at the 37th ASEAN Summit. Due to the impact of COVID-19, ASEAN leaders attended the opening ceremony online.

On October 31, 2022, during General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's official visit to China, General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping awarded the Friendship Medal of the People's Republic of China to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Speaking at the ceremony, General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping emphasized that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is a good and sincere friend of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people. (Photo: VNA)

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his wife chaired the official welcoming ceremony for General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping and his wife on December 12, 2023. Also during the visit, the leaders of the two countries agreed to continue to deepen and elevate the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership, building a community of shared future between Vietnam and China of strategic significance. (Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac)

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the welcoming ceremony and held talks with US President Joe Biden during his official visit to Vietnam from September 10-11, 2023. (Photo: VNA)

Also during this visit, the two countries' leaders agreed to upgrade their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership that benefits both Vietnam and the United States and their common international interests. (Photo: Nhan Dan)