President Triet was welcomed
at the airport by Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro.

Nhan Dan/VNA - President Nguyen Minh Triet arrived in Caracas on November 18, beginning a two-day official visit to Venezuela at the invitation of his counterpart Hugo Chavez Frias.

Picking up President Triet at the airport Simon Bolivar are Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan Ambassador to Vietnam, the Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela and officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela.