US President Joe Biden arrives in Hà Nội for State visit

VIETNAM, September 10 - HÀ NỘI — US President Joe Biden arrived at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội on Sunday afternoon, starting a two-day State visit to Việt Nam at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

President Biden is accompanied by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, US Ambassador to Việt Nam Marc E. Knapper, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Deputy National Security Advisor Jonathan Finer, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific Kurt Campbell, among others.

Welcoming the US President and the delegation at the airport were Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Lê Hoài Trung, Chairman of Hà Nội People's Council Nguyễn Ngọc Tuấn, Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyễn Quốc Dũng, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hà Kim Ngọc, Director of the State Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Việt Dũng.

The US President was born November 20, 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He announced his decision to run for president in April 2019, and won the presidential election for the 2021-2025 term in November 2020.

On April 25 this year, Biden announced his candidacy for re-election as president with Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate.

President Biden’s visit to Việt Nam marks a decade of the comprehensive partnership of Việt Nam and the US. It is a continuity of previous visits by US presidents – Bill Clinton in 2000, George Bush in 2006, Barack Obama in 2016, and Donald Trump in 2017.

The outstanding outcomes of the Việt Nam-US bilateral relationship over almost three decades provide the basis to affirm that the State visit of President Biden will be another significant milestone in the two countries’ joint journey for peace, stability, cooperation and sustainable development for the region and the world. — VNS