General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a red-carpet welcome ceremony for General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and State President Xi Jinping on the afternoon of November 12.

Party General Secretary Nguyen
Phu Trong and Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping at the
welcome ceremony (Credit: VGP)
The
ceremony, held at the Presidential Palace, was the highest ritual for a head of
state.
Following
the ceremony, the two leaders held talks at the headquarters of the CPV Central
Committee.
Trong spoke
highly of Xi’s visit and his attendance at the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting
in central Da Nang city.
He
congratulated his host on the success of the CPC’s 19th National Congress and
on his re-election as the General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, the
19th tenure.
The visit
affirms the Chinese Party and State’s resolve of consolidating and boosting
relations with Vietnam, and is an important milestone that charts a new
development course for the two countries, further deepening their comprehensive
strategic cooperative partnership, for peace, stability, cooperation and
development in the region and the world.
Party General
Secretary and President Xi Jinping is on a State visit to Vietnam from November
12-13. The visit was made under the invitation of Vietnam’s Party General
Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Tran Dai Quang.
Source: NDO
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