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Following the reception ceremony, Vietnamese Party chief To Lam and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping posed for photos outside the Presidential Palace before walking to the headquarters of the Party Central Committee for a dialogue.
Both leaders waved to people standing outside of the Presidential Palace.
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Vietnam's Party leader To Lam and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping pose for photos outside the Presidential Palace. Photo by Giang Huy |
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Vietnamese Party chief To Lam and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping walk from the Presidential Palace to the headquarters of the Party Central Committee. Photo by Ngoc Thanh |
A 21-gun salute was fired at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long as Vietnamese Party chief To Lam and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping participate in a flag salutation ceremony.
Soldiers fire canons for a 21-gun salute at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long. Video by Giang Huy
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Canons are fired at the ceremony. Photo by Hoang Phong |
Video by Loc Chung
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Vietnamese Party chief To Lam shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Photo by VNA |
Xi's entourage enters the Presidential Palace in Hanoi. Photo by Ngoc Thanh
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Honor guards of the Vietnamese People's Army get into position for the reception ceremony. Photo by Giang Huy |
Honor guards getting into position. Video by Giang Huy
This will be Xi's 4th state visit to Vietnam as China's General Party Secretary, which happens less than a year after To Lam's state visit to China.
The two leaders are expected to discuss about ways to boost relations between Vietnam and China in multiple fields.
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The Presidential Palace in Hanoi. Photo by Giang Huy |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son said the visit would be an important political event for Vietnam and China, with strategic meaning and long-term impacts on the development of the Vietnam-China relations.
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Children hold flags at the Presidential Palace. Photo by Giang Huy |
