President Museveni has arrived in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for a three-day state visit at the invitation of his counterpart President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.
In a statement by the Presidential Press Unit, at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, Museveni was received by the Chairman Office of the President Le Khanh Hai, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, Ambassador Nguyen Minh Hang, the Director General in Charge of Middle East and Africa Bui Ha Nam and Chief of State Protocol Nguyen Viet Dzung. Museveni is being accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abubaker Jeje Odongo, the Minister for ICT & National Guidance, Chris Baryomunsi, the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija and the Minister for Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries, Frank Tumwebaze among others and Betty Bigombe, the Ambassador (designate) to Asian Pacific Countries.
While in Vietnam Gen Museveni is expected to among other engagements hold bilateral talks with the host President, and witness the signing of agreements and different Memoranda of Understanding between the two governments and meet the Ugandan community living in Vietnam. END