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BBC Chinese, July 7, 2015 (1 hour ago, per Google).
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp ... 07_vietnam_us_visit
(总书记 阮富仲)

Note:
(a) It is 12: 18 PM EDT.
(b) BBC has not published an English report on this, so there is no way how 遏华圈 is translated into English.
(c) White House Schedule - July 7, 2015
https://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/complete
("11:10 AM   The President holds a bilateral meeting with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong; The Vice President also attends.  Oval Office")
(d) Victor Beattie, Obama to Meet Vietnam’s Communist Party Chief. VOA Chinese, July 7, 2015 (5:14 am)
www.voanews.com/content/obama-to ... leader/2851736.html
("the first General Secretary of the country’s Communist Party to do so as part of a weeklong US visit. The visit, coming on the 40th anniversary of the US withdrawal and the Communist takeover of Vietnam, is expected to focus on developing closer economic and security ties, as well as promoting human rights.  The 71-year-old party chief, Nguyen Phu Trong, who holds no official government post")

There is no need to read the rest of the Washington Post report.
(e) "He [Trong] is an influential behind-the-scenes figure in Vietnam’s one-party leadership structure, analysts say."  Washington Post, July 7, 2015.
(f) "But the visit by Trong has also stirred criticism.

In an open letter to the president, a number of members of Congress from both the Democratic and Republican parties complain that Trong’s invitation sends the wrong message because of Vietnam’s human rights record."  AFP, July 7, 2015.
= parties complain that Trong’s invitation sends the wrong message because of Vietnam’s human rights record."  AFP, July 7, 2015.