Highlights of President Barack Obama's First Trip to Vietnam
Monday - Hanoi
- Arrival ceremony at presidential palace in Hanoi
- Meeting with Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang
- Meeting with National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan
- Joint news conference with President Quang at the International Convention Center
- Talks with PM Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and General Secretary Nguyen Phứ Trọng of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Tuesday - Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
- Meeting with the staff of the U.S. Embassy
- Meeting with members of Vietnamese civil society
- Delivering remarks to the people of Vietnam
In Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon
- Visiting the century-old Jade Emperor Pagoda, in a cultural tribute to the pink-colored temple
- Touring the "Dreamplex," a shared office space founded by a 29-year-old entrepreneur
- Delivering remarks and participating in a business discussion