PM hosts official welcome ceremony for Chinese Premier
(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted an official welcome ceremony for Chinese Premier Li Qiang, who is on a three-day official visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on with the highest protocol for visiting foreign heads of governments.
PM Pham Minh Chinh hosts welcome ceremony for Chinese Premier Li Qiang
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This is Li’s first official visit to Vietnam in his new position, and also the first by a Chinese Premier over the past 11 years. It takes place at the time when the two countries are preparing for celebration of the 75th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties in 2025, and following important visits by their high-ranking leaders.
The visit is expected to help strengthen the relations between the two Parties and countries intensively, practically, and comprehensively, meeting the aspirations and common interests of the two countries’ people, for peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
The two PMs inspected the guard of honor, and then visited an exhibition featuring Vietnam and its people, as well as the thriving relations between the two countries, which is jointly organized by the Government Office and the Vietnam News Agency, before holding talks.
Earlier, Premier Li Qiang and a high-ranking delegation of China laid a wreath in tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at the late leader's mausoleum in Hanoi as part of his three-day official visit to Vietnam.
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son joined the delegation.