Obama to visit residence of Vietnam's late President Ho Chi Minh

May 23, 2016 | 11:26

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U.S. President Barack Obama’s agenda will include a visit to the former residence of Vietnam’s revolutionary figurehead Ho Chi Minh on Monday.

U.S. President Barack Obama’s motorcade parked outside the back door at the JW Marriott Hotel in Hanoi on May 23, 2016<br /><span>Tuoi Tre</span>

After landing in Hanoi late Sunday night, the president’s official three-day agenda starts today at 10:30 am, when he will be received by his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi.

The official reception will be followed by a private talk between the two leaders, before they both witness the signing of mulitple bilateral agreements.

According to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper’s source, the papers to be signed include deals between the U.S. and Vietnam’s Defense Ministries and Ministries of Industry and Trade.

In addition, Vietnamese budget airline carrier Vietjet Air will also ink deals to purchase jet engines from the U.S., according to the same source.

After leaving the Presidential Palace, President Obama will visit late President Ho Chi Minh’s stilt house in Hanoi, where he will be welcomed by Vietnam’s Chairwoman of the lawmaking National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

The U.S. president will then attend a press conference at the International Conference Center in Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, before joining a state dinner in the evening.

President Obama is scheduled to mee with Vietnam’s Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc the same afternoon.

The U.S. president will make a speech on Vietnam-U.S. relations before the Vietnamese people, many of whom are university students, on Tuesday morning, before leaving Hanoi for Ho Chi Minh City at noon the same day.

Obama’s motorcade can be seen parked at the back of the JW Marriott Hotel, where the president is staying in Hanoi, while security guards have been asked to maintain order on Mieu Dam Street, where the hotel is located.

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