The Party chief is being accompanied by Pham Minh Chinh, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee (PCC) and Head of the PCC’s Organisation Commission; Vuong Dinh Hue, Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister; Nguyen Van Nen, Secretary of the PCC and Chief of the PCC’s Office; and Hoang Binh Quan, member of the PCC and Head of the PCC’s Commission for External Relations.
The entourage also includes Nguyen Chi Dung, Minister of Planning and Investment; Tran Tuan Anh, Minister of Industry and Trade; Truong Quang Nghia, Minister of Transport; Phung Xuan Nha, Minister of Education and Training; the secretaries of the provincial Party Committees; deputy ministers; and Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Manh Hung.