President Thuong arrives in Beijing for third Belt and Road Forum

Those welcoming the Vietnamese State leader and his entourage at the airport included Chinese Minister of Housing and Urban - Rural Construction Ni Hong and Chinese Ambassador to Vietnam Xiong Bo, Vietnamese embassy staff among others.

This is the first visit to China by and also the first multilateral diplomatic activity of Thuong as the State leader of Vietnam. During the third BRF, President Thuong is scheduled to attend the forum’s opening ceremony, a high-level session on digital economy, and have bilateral meetings with leaders of some countries and international organisations.

He will also have meetings with leaders of China and receive executives of some leading Chinese businesses in the fields of technology and telecommunications.

Amid many complex and unpredictable developments in the international situation and strong changes in the world’s economy, President Thuong and the Vietnamese delegation’s attendance in the third BRF is regarded as a practical activity helping carry out the country’s consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, diversification and multilateralisation of external relations, and proactive, comprehensive, flexible and effective integration into the world.

During the trip, President Thuong will also spend time meeting with officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese Consulate General in major cities based in China.