Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Arrives in Hanoi

Pyongyang, February 27 (KCNA) --  Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, arrived in Hanoi, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Tuesday.

Seen at Dong Dang Station to greet Supreme, Leader Kim  Jong  Un were Vo Van Thuong,  Politburo  member,  secretary  of  the  Communist  Party  of  Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) and chairman of the CPVCC's Commission for Education and Information, Mai Tien Dung, minister-chairman of the Government Office, Le Hoai Trung, deputy  minister of  Foreign  Affairs, the secretary of the    Lang Son  Provincial Committee of the CPV and other officials of the Vietnamese party and government Kim Myong Gil, DPRK ambassador to Vietnam, and members of his embassy were at the station to greet him.

The train carrying the Supreme Leader arrived at Dong Dang Station in the border area of Vietnam at 8:15 a.m. local time after passing through several provinces and cities of the People's Republic of China.

Kim  Jong  Un got  off  the  train  and  exchanged  warm  greetings  with Vietnamese party and government officials. A Vietnamese  woman  presented  him  with  a  bouquet  in  welcome  of  his  visit to Vietnam.

Acknowledging the enthusiastically cheering masses gathered outside the station, he got into his private car and headed for his lodging place, Melia Hotel.

Along the hundreds of miles-long route between the border station and the   lodging place in Hanoi were numberless Vietnamese people of various strata, who waved the national flags of the two countries and bouquets to warmly welcome Kim Jong Un.

The Supreme Leader was greeted at the lodging place by the chairman of the Hanoi Municipal People's Committee, the permanent deputy director of the CPVCC Office and the deputy-minister of Public Security of Vietnam.

The   Supreme Leader   expressed   his gratitude   for   the cordial   hospitality   and honourable treatment shown by the Vietnamese party, government and people.

The Supreme Leader will meet with Donald J. Trump, president of the United States of America, to have the historic second DPRK-U.S. summit on Feb. 27 and 28 and will pay an official goodwill visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on March 1 and 2.