Vietnam’s Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong receives Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Hanoi

Chinese Party General Secretary Xi Jinping and his wife arrived in Hanoi at noon on Tuesday for a two-day visit. The visit is Xi’s third to Vietnam as China’s Party General Secretary and president. The previous two visits were in 2015 and 2017.

Receiving Xi’s entourage at the airport were Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; head of the Central Internal Affairs Committee Phan Dinh Trac; head of the Central Foreign Affairs Committee Le Hoai Trung; Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son; chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Tran Sy Thanh; among other officials.

During the visit, Vietnam and China are expected to signs dozens of important cooperation agreements on multiple fields, including security and defense, communications, trade, investment, digital economy, agriculture export, green development and maritime cooperation.