General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping (R) and Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan inaugurate the Chinese Cultural Centre in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – General Secretary of the Communist Party ofChina and President Xi Jinping and Chairwoman of the Vietnam National AssemblyNguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended an inaugural ceremony for the Vietnam-ChinaFriendship Palace in Hanoi on November 12.
The ceremony formed part of the Chinese leader’s two-day State visit to Vietnamfrom November 12.
The Vietnam-China Friendship Palace is located at No. 188 Le Quang Dao street,Nam Tu Liem district. It was built with non-refundable aid from the ChineseGovernment and Vietnam’s corresponding capital.
The 14,000-square-metre palace lies on a 3.3-hectare land area withlotus-inspired architecture. It will serve as a venue for cultural, art andpeople-to-people exchange activities between the two countries, as well asconferences and meetings.
On the occasion, the Vietnamese and Chinese leaders also inaugurated aChinese Cultural Centre in Hanoi.
Following the ceremony, Xi and Ngan met with delegates of the Vietnam-ChinaPeople’s Forum and some intellectuals having outstanding contributions to thegrowth of ties between the two countries. -VNA