Kim Jong-un's official friendship visit to Vietnam starts
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U.S. President Donald Trump left Hanoi almost immediately after the summit schedule was cut short,.. wasting little time to get back to Washington.
But North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is still in town for his official Vietnam visit.
We have our Kan Hyeong-woo standing by in front of the Melia Hotel where Kim has been staying since Tuesday.
Hyeong-woo, what's the latest?
Ji-yoon, As you mentioned,... President Trump left Hanoi on Thursday after the second North Korea-U.S. summit abruptly ended as the two sides failed to reach an agreement. But Chairman Kim will begin his official friendship visit to Vietnam today as planned.
According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs,... after a welcoming ceremony by the Vietnamese government at the Presidential Palace of Vietnam, Kim will meet President ( ) Nguyen Phu Trong and hold bilateral talks there later this afternoon.
Chairman Kim will also meet with the Prime Minister and the Chairwoman of the National Assembly,... followed by a state banquet at Hanoi's International Convention Center.
As for Saturday's schedule,... in the morning Kim will visit the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum where the founding president of Vietnam is buried... and lay a wreath there and that will wrap up his official friendship visit to the Southeast Asian country.
It's reported Kim will take his armored train from the same Dong Dang railway station where he arrived on Tuesday after a roughly 60-hour train ride across China.
But the released schedule leaves some spare time for Kim to make a surprise visit to other places. For instance,... he could make a quick stop at the Vietnam-North Korea Friendship Kindergarten in Hanoi. Or after the state banquet tonight, Kim could take a stroll along the famous ( )Hoan Kiem lake like he did back in Singapore.
We are going to have to see what he chooses to do,... so I will keep you updated throughout the day. Back to you Ji-yoon.
But North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is still in town for his official Vietnam visit.
We have our Kan Hyeong-woo standing by in front of the Melia Hotel where Kim has been staying since Tuesday.
Hyeong-woo, what's the latest?
Ji-yoon, As you mentioned,... President Trump left Hanoi on Thursday after the second North Korea-U.S. summit abruptly ended as the two sides failed to reach an agreement. But Chairman Kim will begin his official friendship visit to Vietnam today as planned.
According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs,... after a welcoming ceremony by the Vietnamese government at the Presidential Palace of Vietnam, Kim will meet President ( ) Nguyen Phu Trong and hold bilateral talks there later this afternoon.
Chairman Kim will also meet with the Prime Minister and the Chairwoman of the National Assembly,... followed by a state banquet at Hanoi's International Convention Center.
As for Saturday's schedule,... in the morning Kim will visit the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum where the founding president of Vietnam is buried... and lay a wreath there and that will wrap up his official friendship visit to the Southeast Asian country.
It's reported Kim will take his armored train from the same Dong Dang railway station where he arrived on Tuesday after a roughly 60-hour train ride across China.
But the released schedule leaves some spare time for Kim to make a surprise visit to other places. For instance,... he could make a quick stop at the Vietnam-North Korea Friendship Kindergarten in Hanoi. Or after the state banquet tonight, Kim could take a stroll along the famous ( )Hoan Kiem lake like he did back in Singapore.
We are going to have to see what he chooses to do,... so I will keep you updated throughout the day. Back to you Ji-yoon.