A grand welcome ceremony at the highest level for a head of state was held in Hanoi on September 10 for General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee (LPRP) and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, who is on a State visit to Vietnam. Source: Vietnam News Agency
Torrential rain from Typhoon Yagi across the northern region and the release of water from hydropower reservoirs further upstream have caused the Hong (Red) River water level to rise rapidly, reaching the first warning level at 9.5m and flooding residential areas along the riverbanks in the capital city of Hanoi. On September 10, Hanoi Department … Read more
Party General Secretary and President To Lam and General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith held talks in Hanoi on September 10 as part of the latter’s State visit to Vietnam. Source: Vietnam News Agency
General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defence, held talks with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin following an official welcome ceremony for him in Washington DC on September 9. At the end of the talks, the two ministers signed the updated Vietnam-US Joint Vision Statement … Read more
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 10 inspected flood and landslide-hit areas and visited affected people in the northern province of Bac Giang. Source: Vietnam News Agency
Naly Sisoulith, the spouse of General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith now on a state to Vietnam, visited Ngo Thi Man, the widow of Nguyen Phu Trong, and offered incense to the late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee at … Read more