At 3PM of the 24th of September 2012, H.M. the King, after touched down, was warmly welcomed by the Vietnamese Prime Minister H.E. Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung at the Government Palace. At 3:40PM, H.M. the King was again greeted by H.E. Mr. Nguyen Sinh Hung, National Assembly President of the S.R. of Vietnam. In the evening of that same day, H.E. Mr. Truong Tan Sang, President of the S.R. of Vietnam, hosted a State banquet at the International Convention Center in honor of H.M. the King and the Royal Delegation.