President leaves for war victory celebration in Beijing

President Truong Tan Sang left Hanoi on September 2 for Beijing, China, to attend the 70th anniversary of the world victory in the war against facism on September 3.

President Truong Tan Sang (Photo: VNA)
President Truong Tan Sang (Photo: VNA)

The visit is made at the invitation of Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping.

President Sang is accompanied by Head of the Presidential Office Dao Viet Trung, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Do Ba Ty, Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son, Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Quy Vuong and Vietnamese Ambassador to China Nguyen Van Tho, among others.