The head of the Korean Central News Agency confirmed: Kim Jong-un went to Vietnam by train, accompan
The DPRK-US summit meeting will be held in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, from February 27 to 28. The KCNA confirmed for the first time that North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un had left Pyongyang by special train on the afternoon of the 23rd.
According to the KCNA report, Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Council of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, is to hold the second North Korea-U.S. summit and talks to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam from February 27 to 28. On the afternoon of the 23rd Leave Pyongyang by special train.
Member of the Political Bureau of the Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the Party Central Committee Kim Young-cheol, Lee Soo-yong, Kim Pyeong-hae, and Oh Soo-yong, member of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Lee Yong-ho, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee, People’s Armed Forces The Alternate Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and the First Deputy Minister of the Party Central Committee, Kim Yo-jung, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Choi Sun Hee, and members of the Party Central Committee and the State Council accompanied the visit.
According to the report, cadres of the Party and government and armed forces such as Kim Yong Nam, Cui Longhai, Park Bongzhu and other members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea saw Kim Jong-un off at the Pyongyang Railway Station, and Kim Jong-un also said goodbye to the cadres who had seen him off.
From the photos released by the Korean Central News Agency, it can be seen that Kim Jong-un is standing at the door of the green train, waving to the people on the platform, and the accompanying people are also waving out of the car.
The Workers’ Party of Korea, government and cadres of armed forces wish Kim Jong-un a successful second DPRK-US summit and talks and return home safely.
In addition, the Korean Central News Agency also confirmed that during Kim Jong Un’s visit to Vietnam, the top leaders of the two countries will hold meetings and talks.
According to previous reports, Kim Jong-un’s visit to Vietnam was the first time the North Korean leader set foot in Vietnam after his grandfather Kim Il-sung visited Vietnam in 1964.
On January 31, 1950, North Korea and Vietnam formally established diplomatic relations. In the 69 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, Kim Il Sung visited Vietnam twice in 1958 and 1964. Vietnamese leaders also visited North Korea twice: in July 1957, Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh led a delegation to visit Pyongyang; in October 2007, Nong Duc Manh, then General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, visited North Korea.