The decision to award the Gold Star Order, the highest honour of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, to Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is the recognition of the Party, State and people for his great and exceptionally outstanding contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation General Secretary, President of China Xi Jinping welcomes General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on a state visit to China, in Beijing on October 31, 2022 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong welcomes US President Joe Biden on a state visit to Vietnam in Hanoi, on September 10, 2023 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong holds talks with the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro Ruz in Havana, on March 29, 2018 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visits the tea orchard of Hao Dat Cooperative, Thai Nguyen city in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on January 10, 2023 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong talks with delegates attending the National Cultural Conference to implement the resolution of the 13th National Party Congress on November 24, 2021 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong meets with the people of Thuong Dien village, Vinh Quang commune, Vinh Bao district during the great national solidarity festival in Hai Phong city on November 15, 2017 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visits the family of wounded soldier Dinh Phi, a policy family in particularly difficult circumstances in Tung Ke 2 village, Ayun commune, Chu Se district, Gia Lai province, on the afternoon of April 12, 2017 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visits the super-intensive shrimp farming model of Viet Uc - Bac Lieu Joint Stock Company in Vinh Thinh commune, Hoa Binh district, Bac Lieu province, in February, 2017 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong meets with delegates attending the conference to honour outstanding chairpersons of the commune-level Fatherland Front and outstanding officials in charge of Fatherland Front work nationwide in Hanoi, on November 26, 2022 TB (according to VNA)