In Pictures: Grand banquet welcomes Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his spouse

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Vo Van Thuong and their spouses organised a grand banquet to welcome Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his spouse on the evening of December 12.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping at the grand banquet. (Photo: VNA)
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping at the grand banquet. (Photo: VNA)
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Vo Van Thuong and their spouses pose for a group photo with Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his spouse. (Photo: VNA)

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Vo Van Thuong and their spouses pose for a group photo with Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his spouse. (Photo: VNA)

Delegates at the event. (Photo: NDO/Duy Linh)

Delegates at the event. (Photo: NDO/Duy Linh)

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping at the grand banquet. (Photo: NDO/Duy Linh)

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping at the grand banquet. (Photo: NDO/Duy Linh)

The military band perform the national anthems of the two countries. (Photo: NDO/Duy Linh)

The military band perform the national anthems of the two countries. (Photo: NDO/Duy Linh)

President Vo Van Thuong; Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue; Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, standing member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Central Committee Secretariat and head of the CPV Central Committee's Organisation Commission; and delegates at the event. (Photo: NDO/Duy Linh)

President Vo Van Thuong; Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue; Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, standing member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Central Committee Secretariat and head of the CPV Central Committee's Organisation Commission; and delegates at the event. (Photo: NDO/Duy Linh)

President Vo Van Thuong and Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping at the grand banquet. (Photo: NDO/Duy Linh)

President Vo Van Thuong and Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping at the grand banquet. (Photo: NDO/Duy Linh)

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