Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim Jong-un was welcomed at Dong Dang station by Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, Secretary of the CPVCC and Chairman of the CPVCC’s Commission for Education and Information and other Vietnamese officials (Photo: VNA)LangSon (VNA) – Chairman of the Workers Party of Korea (WPK) and theState Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)Kim Jong-un arrived at Dong Dang Station in the northern border province ofLang Son on February 26 morning, beginning a trip to Vietnam to attend the secondDPRK-USA Summit and an official friendship visit to the country.
Theofficial friendship visit to Vietnam is made at the invitation of GeneralSecretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) andPresident Nguyen Phu Trong.
TheDPRK Chairman was welcomed at the station by Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, Secretaryof the CPVCC and Chairman of the CPVCC’s Commission for Education and Information; Mai Tien Dung, member of the CPVCC and Minister-Chairman of theGovernment Office; Le Hoai Trung, member of the CPVCC and Deputy Minister ofForeign Affairs; Vietnamese Ambassador to the DPRK Le Ba Vinh, and many otherofficials.
Thousandsof local people held the national flags of Vietnam and the DPRK and flowers towelcome the DPRK leader at the Dong Dang Station.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) had previously reported that the traincarrying the DPRK Chairman left Pyongyang on February 23 afternoon. He has beenaccompanied by senior DPRK officials, including his younger sister Kim Yo-jong,alternate member of the Political Bureau and Deputy Director of the WPK CentralCommittee’s Propaganda and Agitation Department, and Vice Chairman of the WPKCentral Committee Kim Yong-chol.
The second DPRK-USA Summit will take place in the capital city of Hanoion February 27 and 28. This is considered an important political and externalevent of Vietnam in 2019, manifesting its foreign policy of “Vietnam is afriend and reliable partner of the international community.”
Vietnam and the DPRK officially established diplomatic relations onJanuary 31, 1950. Since then, Vietnam has always treasured the traditional friendshipand cooperation with the DPRK.-VNA
Theofficial friendship visit to Vietnam is made at the invitation of GeneralSecretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) andPresident Nguyen Phu Trong.
TheDPRK Chairman was welcomed at the station by Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, Secretaryof the CPVCC and Chairman of the CPVCC’s Commission for Education and Information; Mai Tien Dung, member of the CPVCC and Minister-Chairman of theGovernment Office; Le Hoai Trung, member of the CPVCC and Deputy Minister ofForeign Affairs; Vietnamese Ambassador to the DPRK Le Ba Vinh, and many otherofficials.
Thousandsof local people held the national flags of Vietnam and the DPRK and flowers towelcome the DPRK leader at the Dong Dang Station.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) had previously reported that the traincarrying the DPRK Chairman left Pyongyang on February 23 afternoon. He has beenaccompanied by senior DPRK officials, including his younger sister Kim Yo-jong,alternate member of the Political Bureau and Deputy Director of the WPK CentralCommittee’s Propaganda and Agitation Department, and Vice Chairman of the WPKCentral Committee Kim Yong-chol.
The second DPRK-USA Summit will take place in the capital city of Hanoion February 27 and 28. This is considered an important political and externalevent of Vietnam in 2019, manifesting its foreign policy of “Vietnam is afriend and reliable partner of the international community.”
Vietnam and the DPRK officially established diplomatic relations onJanuary 31, 1950. Since then, Vietnam has always treasured the traditional friendshipand cooperation with the DPRK.-VNA
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