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| The motorcade carrying Chairman Kim arrived in Hà Nội after a two-and-a-half-hour drive. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Đạt |
HÀ NỘI — Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un arrived in Hà Nội this morning.
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| Chairman Kim’s motorcade passes the Opera House in Hà Nội.— VNA/VNS Photo Nhan Sáng |
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| Chairman of Hà Nội People’s Committee greets DPRK Chairman Kim Jong Un at Melia Hotel this morning. — VNA/VNS Photo Nhan Sáng |
He is in Việt Nam to attend the second DPRK-USA Summit and for an official friendship visit to the country.
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| Foreign and domestic reporters gather in front of the five-star Melia hotel on Lý Thường Kiệt Street in Hà Nội, where the North Korean leader and his entourage are expected to stay. — VNA/VNS Photo |
The official friendship visit is being made at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC), President Nguyễn Phú Trọng.
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| Reporters wait for Kim Jong Un in front of the Melia hotel. — VNA/VNS Photo |
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| Reporters near the Melia hotel. — VNA/VNS Photo |
Chairman Kim will hold talks with US President Donald Trump in Hà Nội, an event following the historic first round of talks last year in Singapore.
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| Hanoians wait at a street corner to welcome Kim Jong Un. — VNA/VNS Photo |
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| Hanoians ride bicycles equipped with flags of the United States, the DPRK and Việt Nam to welcome North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un.— VNA/VNS Photo |
Flag-waving crowds waited for him in the capital city. — VNS
