Hanoi, (VNA) – USPresident Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is to arrive in Hanoi on September 10 for aState visit to Vietnam at the invitation of General Secretary of the CommunistParty of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong.
President Biden is accompaniedby Secretary of State Antony Blinken, US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, among others.
The US Presidentwas born November 20, 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He announced his decision to run for president in April2019, and won the presidential election for the 2021-2025 term in November2020.
On April 25 thisyear, Biden announced his candidacy for re-election aspresident with VicePresident Kamala Harris as his running mate.
President Biden’svisit to Vietnam marks a decade of the comprehensive partnership of Vietnam andthe US. It is a continuity of previous visits by US presidents – Bill Clintonin 2000, George W. Bush in 2006, Barack Obama in 2016 and Donald Trump in 2017.
The outstanding outcomes of the Vietnam-US bilateralrelationship over the past nearly three decades provide the basis to affirmthat the State visit of President Biden to Vietnam will be another significantmilestone in the two countries’ joint journey for peace, stability, cooperationand sustainable development for the region and the world./.
