At the invitation of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Luong Cuong, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping arrived in Hanoi, starting a State visit to Vietnam from April 14 to 15, 2025.

On the afternoon of April 14, the official welcoming ceremony for General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping was solemnly held at the Presidential Palace according to the highest protocol reserved for welcoming heads of state.

General Secretary To Lam chaired the welcoming ceremony.

Attending the welcoming ceremony were comrades: Tran Cam Tu, Politburo member, Standing member of the Secretariat; Le Minh Hung, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Organization Commission; Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Inspection Commission; Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Commission; Do Van Chien, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Minister of National Defense; General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member, Minister of Public Security; Le Hoai Trung, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office; Tran Luu Quang, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Policy and Strategy Commission; Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Party Central Committee member, Vice President; Bui Thanh Son, Party Central Committee member, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Tran Quang Phuong, member of the Party Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, Chairman of the Vietnam-China Friendship Parliamentarians' Group; Le Khanh Hai, member of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Office of the President; Nguyen Hong Dien, member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Industry and Trade; Nguyen Van Thang, member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Finance; Tran Hong Minh, member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Construction; Nguyen Hoang Anh, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Policy and Strategy Commission, Chairman of the Vietnam-China Friendship Association; Tran Sy Thanh, member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee; To An Xo, Assistant to the General Secretary, in charge of the General Secretary's Office; Nguyen Minh Vu, alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Pham Thanh Binh, Vietnamese Ambassador to China.

A large number of children and people in the capital, holding flags and flowers, warmly welcomed General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping and the high-ranking delegation of the Chinese Party and State.

The motorcade carrying General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping entered the Presidential Palace. General Secretary To Lam warmly welcomed General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping, who led a high-ranking delegation of the Chinese Party and State on a state visit to Vietnam.

Amidst the welcoming music, General Secretary To Lam invited General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping to step up to the podium. The military band played the national anthems of China and Vietnam, and a 21-gun salute was fired from the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long during the welcoming ceremony. After listening to the national anthems of the two countries, General Secretary To Lam and General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping left the podium, bowed to the military flag, and inspected the Honor Guard of the Vietnam People's Army. The two leaders then introduced the members of the high-ranking delegations of the two countries attending the welcoming ceremony.

Vietnam and China are close neighbors, mountains connected to mountains, rivers connected to rivers, and the people of the two countries have a long-standing traditional friendship. Since the two sides established the framework of the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership in 2008, especially after the historic mutual visits of the top leaders of the two Parties and two countries in recent years, bilateral relations have made strong, comprehensive and remarkable developments in many fields.

This State visit to Vietnam by General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping is an important foreign political event of the two Parties and two countries, of strategic significance, with long-term impacts on the development of Vietnam-China relations in the context of the two countries entering a new era, a new era of development. This is Comrade Xi Jinping's fourth visit to Vietnam in his position as the highest leader of the Party and State of China and the second visit during the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China; especially taking place during the "Year of Humanitarian Exchange", commemorating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-China diplomatic relations (1950 - 2025).

After the solemn welcoming ceremony, General Secretary To Lam held talks with General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping at the Party Central Committee headquarters./.