Biden was accompanied by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, and Assistant Secretary of State for Asian Affairs. East and Pacific, Daniel Kritenbrink.
Among those who received them were Party Central Committee members and Chairman of the Central Foreign Affairs Committee Le Hoai Trung, Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc, Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States Nguyen Quoc Dung and Head of the State Protocol Directorate Nguyen Viet Dung.
Also present were U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper (photo) and other U.S. Embassy officials and employees.
Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh
