Common phrases in foreign rituals (Part 2)

The official welcome ceremony is one of the main activities in the program of the visit of foreign high-ranking guests chaired by the leaders of the Party and State of Vietnam at the same level. In the photo: The official welcome ceremony for Malaysian Prime Minister Sabri bin Yaakob at the Presidential Palace, March 21. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)

According to Decree No. 18/2022/ND-CP on foreign ceremonies, the following terms are construed as follows:

“State-level welcome ceremony”, “official welcome ceremony”, “state-level talks”, “official talks”, “state-level receptions”, “official receptions” are the main activities in the event. The program of the visit of foreign high-ranking guests is chaired by the leaders of the Party and State of Vietnam at the same level.

“Senior contact” or “meeting” means a meeting of foreign high-ranking guests with leaders of the Party and State of Vietnam.

“Hosting agency” means the agency in charge of organizing activities to welcome, receive and receive foreign delegations and organize international events.

“Special case” means a case that is proposed by the host agency to apply some receptionist measures that are not specified in the above Decree or by higher-level guests specified in the Decree in order to meet the requirements of this Decree. political duties and approved by the competent authority.

“Foreign missions” include diplomatic missions, consular missions and representative offices of international organizations under the United Nations system and intergovernmental international organizations outside the United Nations system. United Nations in Vietnam.

“Head of a Foreign Diplomatic Mission” means the Head of a Diplomatic Mission, including a Resident Ambassador to Vietnam and a Non-Resident Ambassador (collectively referred to as Ambassador).

“Head of Consular Missions” means the Heads of Consular Missions in localities (collectively referred to as Consular Generals).

“Head of the Representative Office of an international organization in Vietnam” means the Head of an international organization under the United Nations system and an intergovernmental international organization outside the United Nations system (collectively referred to as the Chief Representative of the United Nations). ).

“Full year”, “other year” is the number of anniversary years (th) of events. Accordingly, “full year” is the year with the last digit “0”, and “other year” is the year with the last remaining digits.

“Standing guard of honor” is the arrangement of two or more honorable soldiers. The “honorary squad” is the arrangement of the honor guard into two rows of honorable soldiers.