On November 16, 2000 (October 21, 2000 in the lunar calendar), Clinton visited Vietnam. At midnight on November 16, 2000, U.S. President Bill Clinton arrived in Hanoi for a four-day official visit to Vietnam. This is the first time a US president has visited Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War. Clinton was accompanied by his wife Hillary Clinton and daughter Chelsea on the visit. On the morning of the 17th, after attending the welcome ceremony held for him by Vietnam President Tran Duc Luong, Clinton met with President Tran Duc Luong and Prime Minister Phan Van Khai respectively, and will meet with General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Le Kha Phieu tomorrow. The focus of Clinton's visit this time is to promote economic and trade relations between the United States and Vietnam. A large delegation mainly composed of representatives of nearly 50 large U.S. companies and other people from the economic and trade circles accompanied Clinton to Vietnam. According to reports, another important purpose of Clinton's visit to Vietnam was to solve the problem of missing U.S. military personnel in the Vietnam War.