Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Jiang Yu announces:

At the invitation of Nong Duc Manh, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Minh Triet, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Choummaly Sayasone, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the People's Republic of China will pay successive state visits to Vietnam and the LPDR from 15 to 17 and from 19 to 20 November. At the invitation of President Abdul Kalam of the Republic of India and President Pervez Musharraf of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, President Hu Jintao of China will pay successive state visits to India and Pakistan from 20 to 23 and from 23 to 26 November. President Hu Jintao will also attend the 14th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam from November 17 to 19.