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Ceremonial guards get ready to welcome Chairman Kim at the Presidential Palace.
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Video by Giang Huy
Kim Jong-un on Friday began a two-day official visit to Vietnam after his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Kim is scheduled to hold talks with Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on Friday afternoon, visit and lay wreaths at the Monument to War Heroes and Martyrs and visit the Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh.
This marks 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 only China and the Soviet Union.
Kim arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday morning after a more than 60-hour train journey from Pyongyang. His second summit with U.S. President Trump ended in Hanoi Thursday without any deal being signed because of disagreements over lifting of the sanctions imposed on North Korea.
He will leave on Saturday.
