Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio (L) and his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh (Photo: Hong Nguyen)

Airport greeters:

Composition: escorting Minister, Vietnamese Ambassador in the guest nation, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Director of Directorate of State Protocol and Director of the Regional Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

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 Government of the guest nation;

Arrange honour guard formations on two sides of the red carpet from the base of the airplane stairs to the parking place of the vehicle of the Head of the Government of the guest nation;

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

Official welcome ceremony:

The Prime Minister shall preside over the official welcome ceremony;

Composition: The spouse of the Prime Minister (if the spouse of the Head of the Government of the guest nation also accompanies him/her), Minister, Head of the Government Office or escorting Minister, Vietnamese Ambassador in the guest nation, and heads of ministries or central authorities corresponding to the composition of the guest delegation and requirements of the reception.

Reception protocol:

The Prime Minister and his/her spouse shall receive the Head of the Government of the guest nation and his/her spouse at the parking place of the vehicle of the Head of the Government of the guest nation;

Children gift flowers to the Head of the Government of the guest nation and his/her spouse;

Children wave flags of both nations;

Reviewing protocol of the Honour Squad of the People’s Army of Vietnam:

The Prime Minister and the Head of the Government of the guest nation shall step on the honour podium; the spouse of the Prime Minister and spouse of the Head of the Government of the guest nation shall be invited to the front row of Vietnamese officials;

The military band shall play the national anthem melody of the guest nation and Vietnam;

Captain of the Honour Squad of the People's Army of Vietnam shall greet, report, and invite the Head of the Government of the guest nation to review the Honour Squad;

The Prime Minister and the Head of the Government of the guest nation shall review the Honour Squad together;

The Honour Squad shall wish the Head of the Government of the guest nation good health;

The Prime Minister shall introduce the Vietnamese officials attending the welcome ceremony to the Head of the Government of the guest nation and his/her spouse The Head of the Government of the guest nation shall introduce members of the delegation to the Prime Minister and his/her spouse;

The Director of Directorate of State Protocol shall introduce some Ambassadors (if invited) to the Prime Minister and the Head of the Government of the guest nation and their spouse

The Prime Minister and the Head of the Government of the guest nation shall return to the honour podium The spouse of the Prime Minister and the spouse of the Head of the Government of the guest nation shall be invited to the position behind the honour podium;

The Honour Squad shall start the marching;

After the welcome ceremony, the Prime Minister and his/her spouse shall take pictures with the Head of the Government of the guest nation and his/her spouse at the Government Headquarter;

The Prime Minister and the Head of the Government of the guest nation shall go to the small-meeting room or the official meeting room. The spouse of the Prime Minister shall separately receive the spouse of the Head of the Government of the guest nation;

Arrange honour guard formations in the main hall;

In case of inconvenient weather, the official banquet ceremony will be held at the Government Headquarter. The Honour Squad shall not perform the marching after the review.

Small meeting and official meeting:

The Prime Minister and the Head of the Government of the guest nation shall have a small meeting before the official meeting according to the agreement of both parties;

The Prime Minister and the Head of the Government 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 Government of the guest nation with the General Secretary, President of Vietnam, President of the National Assembly, and other leaders according to specific requests and conditions of the visit.

Official banquet:

The Prime Minister 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 Government of the guest nation. Arrange honour guard formations in the main hall; and arrange guarding honour guards.

Participants:

Vietnamese side: The spouse of the Prime Minister (if the spouse of the Head of the Government of the guest nation accompanies him/her), members who participate in the welcome official ceremony and meeting, and former Vietnamese Ambassadors in the guest country. In necessary cases, invite some 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 Prime Minister shall give a welcome speech;

The Head of the Government 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.