Panorama of the official welcoming ceremony for US President Joe Biden at the Presidential Palace

(Dan Tri) - General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the official welcoming ceremony for US President Joe Biden on the afternoon of September 10. This is the first time a US President has paid a state visit at the invitation of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

At 5:00 p.m. on September 10, the welcoming ceremony for US President Joe Biden was solemnly held at the Presidential Palace (Photo: Manh Quan).

President Joe Biden was escorted by a motorcade straight from Noi Bai airport to the Presidential Palace (Photo: Manh Quan).

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong presided over the official welcoming ceremony for US President Joe Biden. This is the first time President Joe Biden has visited Vietnam since taking office as the head of the White House, and also the first time a US President has paid a state visit at the invitation of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (Photo: Manh Quan).

In a solemn atmosphere at the Presidential Palace, the military band played the national anthems of the two countries.

The Vietnam People's Army Honor Guard marches past the podium to welcome US President Joe Biden (Photo: Manh Quan).

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai, Head of the Central External Relations Commission Le Hoai Trung, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan and Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung at the official welcoming ceremony for President Joe Biden (Photo: Manh Quan).

Welcoming the US President at the Presidential Palace were senior leaders of Vietnam. In the photo are Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man , Minister of Public Security To Lam, Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang and Chief of the Party Central Committee Office Le Minh Hung (Photo: Manh Quan).

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and US President Joe Biden along with members of the two countries attended talks at the Party Central Committee Office, right after the official welcoming ceremony ended (Photo: Huu Khoa).

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the talks. To date, Vietnam has become the 7th largest trading partner of the US and the largest trading partner of the US in ASEAN (Photo: Huu Khoa).

Mr. Joe Biden visited Vietnam on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Comprehensive Partnership between the two countries (2013-2023) (Photo: Huu Khoa).

Vietnam and the US normalized relations in 1995 and established a comprehensive partnership in 2013. In 2022, two-way trade reached 123 billion USD, an increase of nearly 300 times compared to 450 million USD in 1995 (Photo: Huu Khoa).

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