In pictures: Vietnamese, Chinese leaders meet intellectuals, young people

On December 13, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping attended a friendship meeting with intellectuals and young people of Vietnam and China at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi.
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his spouse, Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his spouse, and delegates at the event.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his spouse, Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his spouse, and delegates at the event.

Intellectuals and young people welcome General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, and their spouses to the meeting.

Intellectuals and young people welcome General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, and their spouses to the meeting.

Intellectuals and young people welcome General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, and their spouses to the meeting.

Intellectuals and young people welcome General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, and their spouses to the meeting.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping at the meeting with intellectuals and young people of Vietnam and China.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping at the meeting with intellectuals and young people of Vietnam and China.

An overview of the meeting.

An overview of the meeting.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the meeting.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the meeting.

Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping speaks at the event.

Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping speaks at the event.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping at the meeting.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping at the meeting.

Former Vietnamese Ambassador to China Nguyen Van Tho speaks at the meeting.

Former Vietnamese Ambassador to China Nguyen Van Tho speaks at the meeting.

Yang Wanming, Chairman of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, speaks at the event.

Yang Wanming, Chairman of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, speaks at the event.

Le Nguyet Quynh, a student of the Foreign Language Specialised School under the Vietnam National University-Hanoi, speaks at the event.

Le Nguyet Quynh, a student of the Foreign Language Specialised School under the Vietnam National University-Hanoi, speaks at the event.

Ye Xiuping, an official of China’s Yunnan Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, speaks at the event.

Ye Xiuping, an official of China’s Yunnan Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, speaks at the event.

The military band performs at the meeting.

The military band performs at the meeting.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his spouse, Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his spouse, and delegates at the event.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his spouse, Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his spouse, and delegates at the event.

NDO/Dang Khoa