President Phuc met with overseas Vietnamese intellectuals in the US

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking delegation of the government arrived in Kennedy airport in New York on Monday to begin an official visit to the United State. This is the first official trip to the US by Mr. Phuc as Vietnam’s Prime Minister at the invitation of President Donald Trump.

During the two-day visit, he will hold talks with President Donald Trump, meet with US congressmen and secretaries, and deliver a speech at the Heritage Fund. He will visit New York city, hold talks with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, and attend a ceremony to mark Vietnam’s 40 years of UN membership.

Today’s afternoon, Prime Minister Phuc is scheduled to receive overseas Vietnamese businesses and intellectuals and the meet with the Vietnamese delegation to the UN.