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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un leaves Vietnam after historic visit

MAR. 2, 2019

Kim Jong-un has boarded a train back to Pyongyang Saturday afternoon, wrapping up a five-day visit to Vietnam.

Chủ tịch Kim rời Việt Nam về Triều Tiên
 
 

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un leaves Vietnam after historic visit

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  • 12h52
    Chairman's Kim train has left the station

    The train journey back to Pyongyang is expected to take more than 40 hours.

  • 12h40

    Chairman Kim waves goodbye before stepping into his train.

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    Photo by Huu Khoa

  • 12h32

    Kim Jong-un greets Vietnamese officials and residents before boarding his train at Dong Dang.

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     Photo by Huu Khoa

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  • 12h31
    Kim Jong-un arrives at Dong Dang

    Students, members of women unions, and local police are ready to bid adieu to Kim Jong-un.

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    Photo by Giang Huy

  • 11h45

    Students, members of women unions, and local police are ready to bid adieu to Kim Jong-un.

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    Photo by Giang Huy

  • 11h30 
    Top Vietnamese officials, including Vo Van Thuong (C), Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Commission, and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung (2nd L), have arrived at Dong Dang station to bid farewell to Chairman Kim.
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    Ceremonial Guards march as they prepare to receive Kim Jong-un at Dong Dang Station.
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    The armored train is ready to take Chairman Kim home.
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    Kim Jong-un's delegation is in Bac Giang Province, halfway to Dong Dang station. Video by Viet Dung
    


    

    
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    After crossing the Chuong Duong Bridge, Kim lowers his car's bulletproof window and waves at people on the street.
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North Korea Chairman Kim Jong-un received a grand welcome ceremony on his first official visit to Hanoi Friday, when he met with Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

This is the first visit by a North Korean leader to Vietnam in 55 years since Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-un’s grandfather, visited in 1964.

In 1950 North Korea became one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam, after China and the Soviet Union.

Kim Jong-un arrived in Vietnam Tuesday morning after traveling for more than 60 hours in an armored train from Pyongyang.

He met with U.S. President Donald Trump for the next two days, but the second summit between the two leaders ended without a deal, following disagreements over lifting of the sanctions imposed on North Korea.
 








































 




 











 



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