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Tony Blair visits Vietnam tomorrow

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Updated : 10/13/2012 11:22 GMT + 7

Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, will pay a two-day visit to Vietnam starting tomorrow, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

According to agenda, Tony Blair will arrive at Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport at 23.00 Sunday and will have lunch and have a discussion with Vietnamese foreign minister Pham Binh Minh at 11.30 on Monday.

At 13.30, he will be greeted by Vietnamese Prime Minsiter Nguyen Tan Dung at the Prime Minister’s Office.

At 14.35 on Monday, he is scheduled to leave Hanoi for Vientiane.

Tony Blair served as Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from May 1997 to June 2007. He was also the leader of Britain’s Labour Party (1994 to 2007) and the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield, England (1983 to 2007).

Since leaving Downing Street, Tony Blair has served as the Quartet Representative to the Middle East. He represents the United States of America, United Nations, Russia and the European Union, working with the Palestinians to prepare for statehood as part of the international community’s effort to secure peace.  

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