US President Joe Biden visits the statue of the late Senator John McCain

(Dan Tri Newspaper) - US President Joe Biden and his entourage laid flowers at the memorial to the late Senator John McCain located on the shores of Truc Bach Lake ( Hanoi ).

After concluding his meeting with Vietnamese leaders at around 3 PM on September 11th, US President Joe Biden's car stopped at the memorial to the late Senator John McCain by Truc Bach Lake, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi (Photo: Huu Khoa).

President Joe Biden laid flowers and bowed his head in remembrance and respect for the late U.S. Senator John McCain.

A bas-relief of the late Senator John McCain by Truc Bach Lake. (Photo: Thanh Dong).

President Joe Biden paid his respects before a memorial plaque for the late Senator John McCain (Photo: Huu Khoa).

US President Joe Biden lays flowers at a memorial for the late Senator John McCain (Photo: Huu Khoa).

US President Joe Biden lays a flower in remembrance of the late Senator John McCain (Photo: Huu Khoa).

The US President stopped for about 10 minutes to visit the memorial to the late Senator John McCain on Thanh Nien Street, Hanoi (Photo: Huu Khoa).

A memorial bas-relief dedicated to the late Senator John McCain, located on the shores of Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi, depicts McCain, the American pilot whose plane was shot down on October 26, 1967, while bombing North Vietnam, and who had to parachute into the lake. After more than five years in Hoa Lo Prison, McCain was released under the Paris Agreement in 1973.

During his six decades of service to the United States, Senator McCain spent three decades fostering relations with Vietnam, making a crucial contribution to the normalization of relations between the two countries.

After returning to the United States, Senator McCain returned to Vietnam several times, visiting the memorial commemorating the event where he and his plane were shot down by Vietnamese forces. Senator McCain passed away on August 25, 2018, from brain cancer. (Photo: Phuong Uyen).

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