China-Xi/Vietnam/Welcome Ceremony
China-Xi/Vietnam/Welcome Ceremony
Dateline : April 15, 2026
Location : China
Duration : 3'02
Beijing, China - April 15, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Great Hall of the People
2. Motorcade of To Lam, General Secretary of Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and Vietnamese President, moving past Tian'anmen Rostrum
3. Guard of Honor at gate of Great Hall of the People
4. Chinese President Xi Jinping, his wife Peng Liyuan, walking out of Great Hall of the People
5. Various of To Lam's limousine arriving; Xi, Peng walking; military band playing trumpets
6. Various of Xi, Peng shaking hands with To Lam, his wife Ngo Phuong Ly
7. Guard of Honor
8. To Lam shaking hands with Chinese officials
9. Various of Guard of Honor
10. Xi shaking hands with Vietnamese officials
11. Various of welcome ceremony in progress, national anthem of Vietnam being played; Guard of Honor; national flag of Vietnam; Xi, To Lam on reviewing stand; Peng, Ly at ceremony; other officials; gun salute being fired
12. Various of military band playing Chinese national anthem, welcome ceremony in progress; Chinese national flag; Xi, To Lam on reviewing stand; other officials
13. Various of Guard of Honor saluting; To Lam, accompanied by Xi, reviewing Guard of Honor
14. Various of children cheering; Xi, To Lam walking, waving to children
15. Various of Xi, To Lam watching march-past of Guard of Honor
16. Various of Xi, To Lam watching performance by military band
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony in Beijing on Wednesday for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Vietnamese President To Lam, who is on a state visit to China.
A military band performed the national anthems of Vietnam and China, and a 21-gun salute was fired at the welcome ceremony.
To Lam, accompanied by Xi, reviewed the Guard of Honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The two heads of state also watched the march-past performed by the Guard of Honor. The military band later staged a marching performance.
Xi's wife Peng Liyuan; Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee; Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee; Wang Xiaohong, a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and state councilor, and other Chinese officials attended the welcome ceremony.
To Lam's entourage includes his wife Ngo Phuong Ly; Tran Cam Tu, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPV Central Committee and the permanent member of the Secretariat of the CPV Central Committee, and members of the Political Bureau of the CPV Central Committee Bui Thi Minh Hoai, Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Phan Van Giang, Luong Tam Quang, Nguyen Thanh Nghi, Le Hoai Trung, Doan Minh Huan, Tran Duc Thang, among others.
To Lam arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a four-day state visit to China at the invitation of President Xi.
ID : 8474935
Published : 2026-04-15 18:23
Last Modified : 2026-04-15 22:32:17
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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