Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan receives US Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

Airport greeters:

Composition: Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly or Head of the National Assembly Office, representative of the Friendship Parliamentary Group of Vietnam, Director of the Department of Reception, the National Assembly Office;

Protocol:

Roll out a red carpet from the base of the airplane stairs to the parking place of the vehicle of the Head of the Congress of the guest nation;

Gift flowers to the Head of the Congress of the guest nation and his/her spouse;

Official welcome ceremony:

The President of the National Assembly shall preside over the welcome ceremony;

Composition: The spouse of the President of the National Assembly (if the spouse of the Head of the Congress of the guest nation also accompanies him/her), Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly, General Secretary – Head of the National Assembly Office, heads of agencies of the National Assembly and the Government, Friendship Parliamentary Group of Vietnam, a number of members of the National Assembly corresponding to the official composition of the guest delegation, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs;

Reception protocol:

Roll out a red carpet from the entrance of the National Assembly House to the parking place of the vehicle of the Head of the Congress of the guest nation. Arrange honour guard formations on two sides of the red carpet;

The President of the National Assembly and his/her spouse shall receive the Head of the Congress of the guest nation and his/her spouse at the parking place of the vehicle of the Head of the Congress of the guest nation;

Gift flowers to the Head of the Congress of the guest nation and his/her spouse.

After the welcome ceremony, the President of the National Assembly and his/her spouse shall take pictures with the Head of the Congress of the guest nation and his/her spouse; The President of the National Assembly and the Head of the Congress of the guest nation shall go to the small-meeting room or the state-level meeting room; the spouse of the President of the National Assembly and the spouse of the Head of the Congress of the guest nation shall part at the parking place of the vehicle of the spouse of the Head of the Congress of the guest nation.

Official meeting:

The President of the National Assembly and the Head of the Congress of the guest nation shall preside over the meeting together;

The composition of Vietnamese participants corresponds with the official composition of the guest delegation and requirements of the meeting content;

During the small meeting and official meeting, there must be honour guards arranged.

High-ranking reception:

Arrange the high-ranking reception of the Head of the Congress of the guest nation with the General Secretary, President of Vietnam, Prime Minister, and other leaders according to specific requests and conditions of the visit.

Official banquet:

The President of the National Assembly shall preside over the banquet;

Roll out a carpet from the entrance of the banquet room to the parking place of the vehicle of the Head of the Congress of the guest nation. Arrange honour guard formations in the main hall; and arrange guarding honour guards;

Participants:

Vietnamese side: The spouse of the President of the National Assembly (if the spouse of the Head of the Congress of the guest nation accompanies him/her), members who participate in the official welcome ceremony and meeting. In necessary cases, invite some members of the National Assembly and special individuals or representatives of enterprises that have many cooperation with the guest nation;

Guest side: official members, servants, representatives of enterprises (if any) and a number of diplomats of foreign diplomatic missions of the guest nation;

Protocol:

The President of the National Assembly shall give a welcome speech;

The Head of the Congress of the guest nation shall respond to the speech;

Organization of welcome art performances at the banquet.

The see-off delegation at the airport: same as when welcoming.