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Mr. President Obama visits Vietnam

Ha Noi, Vietnam


USPA NEWS - United States President Obama was welcomed at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on May 22 evening. Today, May 23, Mr. President begins his three-day official visit to Vietnam with meetings with Vietnamese leaders in Hanoi, Vietnam.
United States President Obama was welcomed at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on May 22 evening. Today, May 23, Mr. President begins his three-day official visit to Vietnam with meetings with Vietnamese leaders in Hanoi, Vietnam.

After an official arrival ceremony at the Presidential Palace, President Obama will have a bilateral meeting with President Tran Dai Quang and then the two leaders will attend a signing ceremony of some co-operation agreements between the two countries.

After that, Obama will meet with NA chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan at the Ho Chi Minh´s stilt house.
In the afternoon, US and Vietnamese presidents will chair a joint press conference at the International Convention Centre and then president Obama will have a bilateral meetings with PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

In these meetings, leaders of the two countries will discuss issues including the TPP negotiations, regional security issues, climate changes, and growing people-to-people ties and co-operation in education and entrepreneurship.
On the morning of May 24, Obama will have a meeting with members of Vietnamese civil society. Following that, he will give a speech on the progress that has been made over the last two decades in advancing the US-Vietnamese bilateral relations. The speech will focus on the bilateral relationship, some areas of cooperation, on the future vision for the US-Vietnamese relationship, and also areas of difference.

He will leave Hanoi for HCM City on the afternoon of May 24.
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