BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) According to Yonhap News Agency, at noon on the 26th local time, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived at Melia Hotel in Hanoi. According to reports, on the morning of 26th local time, Kim Jong-un’s special train arrived at Tongdeng Station in Lang Son Province, Vietnam, and it took about 2 hours from the station to the Melia Hotel where he stayed.
According to Yonhap News Agency, at noon local time on 26th, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived at Melia Hotel in Hanoi. The picture shows Kim Jong-un’s motorcade heading for the upcoming Melia Hotel. The road on site has been completely closed and pedestrians are prohibited from passing. At a distance of 100 meters from the hotel, a metal fence was enclosed and guarded by guards. China News Service reporter Futian photo
At 8: 10 am local time on the 26th, Kim Jong-un arrived at Tongdeng Station in Lang Son Province, Vietnam. Previously, its special train departed from Pyongyang at 4: 30 pm on the 23rd, South Korea time, and it took 65 hours and 40 minutes to arrive in Vietnam, with a length of more than 4,500 kilometers.
At about 8: 22 a.m. that day, Kim Jong-un got off the train, and after a brief conversation with Wu Wenshang, director of the General Office of the Government of members of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, he shook hands with Vietnamese government officials present. At 8: 25 am local time, Kim Jong-un transferred to a special car and drove to Hanoi.
Since Kim Jong-un will pay an official goodwill visit to Vietnam while attending the DPRK-US summit in Hanoi, the Vietnamese government mobilized a large-scale honor guard to hold a welcoming ceremony for him at Tongdeng Station on the same day. It is reported that the Vietnamese people waved the Vietnamese flag in one hand and the North Korean flag in the other to welcome Kim Jong-un’s visit.
In addition, Kim Chang-shan, Minister of the DPRK State Council, Jin Yuzheng, First Deputy Minister of the Labor Party Central Committee, Yeong-cheol Kim, Li Zhuyong, Jin Pinghai and Wu Xiurong, Vice Foreign Minister Li Ronghao, People’s Armed Forces Minister Nu Kwang Tiet, and Vice Foreign Minister Cui Shanji accompanied the delegation.