On the afternoon of May 5 (local time), General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee, President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam To Lam, accompanied by a high-level Vietnamese delegation, arrived at Palam Air Force Station in New Delhi, commencing a State Visit to the Republic of India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Welcoming General Secretary, President To Lam and the high-level Vietnamese delegation at the airport were Minister of State for Home Affairs of India Nityanand Rai; Ambassador of India to Viet Nam Tshering Wangchuk Sherpa; Ambassador of Viet Nam to India Nguyen Thanh Hai; Consul General of Viet Nam in Mumbai Le Quang Bien; along with a large number of officials and staff of the Embassy of Viet Nam, members of the Vietnamese community, and Vietnamese students in India.
Across New Delhi, the Government of India displayed portraits of General Secretary, President To Lam accompanied by bilingual banners warmly welcoming the Vietnamese leader and delegation.
At the hotel, Indian artists warmly welcomed General Secretary, President To Lam and the high-level Vietnamese delegation with traditional dance performances.
Representatives of the Vietnamese community and officials and staff of the Embassy of Viet Nam in India welcome General Secretary and President To Lam.
The visit is an important external relations event of special significance. It marks General Secretary and President To Lam’s first visit to India in his new capacity and takes place as the two countries commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Viet Nam–India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (2016–2026).
The visit vividly demonstrates the foreign policy of the Party and State of Viet Nam in the new era, as outlined in the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress: independence, self-reliance, self-strengthening, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, diversification and multilateralization of external relations, and proactive, responsible contributions to the international community.
Source: Nhan Dan Online; some photos courtesy of Vietnam News Agency (VNA)
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