Vice President to Visit Three Countries

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue announced Thursday at a press conference that Chinese Vice-President Hu Jintao will pay official visits to Malaysia, Singapore and the United States from April 23 to May 3.

Hu is invited by the Malaysian government, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong of the Republic of Singapore and U.S. Vice-President Richard Bruce Cheney.

(Xinhua News Agency April 12, 2002)