Following the welcome ceremony held at the Presidential Palace in the capital, the Japanese PM’s wife Suga Mariko goes on a visit to the Temple of Literature alongside Tran Thi Nguyet Thu, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s wife.

Mrs. Suga Mariko is given an insight into the famed history of the nation’s first university.

The Japanese PM’s wife joins PM Phuc’s wife as the pair take a photo in front of the Khue Van Cac, also known as the Pavilion of Constellation of Literature.

Mrs. Suga Mariko signs the guestbook of the Temple of Literature.

Mrs. Tran Thi Nguyet Thu also writes in the guestbook at the Temple of Literature.

Later on the same day the Japanese PM’s wife visits Vietnamese Women’s Museum.