US Secretary of State Antony Blinken starts Vietnam visit
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived at Noi Bai International Airport On the evening of April 14 (local time), beginning his visit to Vietnam until April 16 at the invitation of Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son.
US Secretary of State Blinken is on a three-day visit to Vietnam.
During the visit, Blinken will attend a groundbreaking ceremony of the US Embassy in Hanoi.
The US diplomat is set to have meetings with Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Antony Blinken wave to reporters. The visit takes place not long after a high-level phone conversation between Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and US President Joe Biden on March 29.
In Hanoi, Foreign Minister Blinken will have important discussions with his Vietnamese partners in the context of the two countries celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Comprehensive Partnership.
US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper welcomes Secretary of State Blinken at the airport.
On the Vietnamese side, Le Chi Dung, head of the Americas Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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