US President arrives in Hanoi, begins State visit to Vietnam

US President Joe Biden arrives at Noi Bai International Airport. Photo: Pham Kien/VNA

Welcoming US President Joe Biden and his delegation at Noi Bai International Airport were Party Central Committee member and Head of the Party Central Committee's External Relations Commission Le Hoai Trung; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ha Kim Ngoc; Chairman of the Hanoi People's Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan; Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States Nguyen Quoc Dung; and Director of the State Protocol Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nguyen Viet Dung.

Ambassador Marc E. Knapper and a large number of officials and staff of the US Embassy in Hanoi were present at the airport, warmly welcoming President Joe Biden and the high-level US delegation.

US President Joe Biden arrives at Noi Bai International Airport. Photo: An Dang/VNA

Accompanying President Joe Biden on his State visit to Vietnam are: Secretary of State Antony Blinken; National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan; Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry; Assistant to the President, Deputy National Security Advisor John Finer; Deputy Assistant to the President, Special Coordinator for the National Security Council Kurt Campbell; Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Kritenbrink; Special Advisor to the President, Senior Director of the National Security Council Mira Rapp-Hooper; Special Advisor to the President, Senior Director of the National Security Council Tarun Chhabra.

Young women in the capital city present flowers to welcome US President Joe Biden to Hanoi, starting his state visit to Vietnam. Photo: An Dang/VNA

President Joe Biden's visit to Vietnam this time, marking a decade since the two countries established and implemented the Comprehensive Partnership (2013 - 2023), is a continuation of the visits to Vietnam by the heads of the White House, President Bill Clinton (2000), President George Bush (2006), President Obama (2016) and President Donald Trump (2017), over the past nearly 30 years.

The good achievements of the bilateral relationship over the past three decades are the basis to affirm that the State visit of US President Joe Biden to Vietnam will continue to be a meaningful milestone on the common journey for peace , stability, cooperation and sustainable development in the region and the world of the two countries.

According to Tin Tuc Newspaper

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