Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un and his entourage have arrived at Melia Hanoi Hotel after two and a half hours moving from Dong Dang Station in the northern border province of Lang Son.
Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung (L)
welcomes DPRK Chairman Kim Jong-un at Melia Hanoi Hotel (Photo: VNA)
The DPRK Chairman left Pyongyang on February 23 afternoon on a
special train for Vietnam where he will attend the second DPRK-USA Summit on
February 27 and 28.
He will also pay an official friendship visit to Vietnam at the invitation of
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC)
and President Nguyen Phu Trong.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) had previously reported that the DPRK
Chairman has been accompanied by senior DPRK officials, including his younger
sister Kim Yo-jong, alternate member of the Political Bureau and Deputy
Director of the WPK Central Committee’s Propaganda and Agitation Department,
and Vice Chairman of the WPK Central Committee Kim Yong-chol.
Juts after a short time, Vietnam has completed all necessary preparations for
the important event. Through the hosting of the summit, Hanoi wants to deliver
a message of the "City for Peace” to the international community.
The DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam is an international event that has drawn much
attention from the world as it directly related to peace building in the region
and there have been positive signals in the negotiation process since the first
summit in Singapore in June 2018.
Vietnam and the DPRK officially established diplomatic relations on January 31,
1950. Since then, Vietnam has always treasured the traditional friendship and
cooperation with the DPRK.
Source: VNA
After three years of implementing the Politburo’s Conclusion No. 01-KL/TW on continuing performing Directive 05-CT/TW on enhancing the learning and studying of President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, moral example and lifestyle, Lac Thuy district of Hoa Binh province has discovered many effective models and practices, creating a spillover effect in the local community, helping to develop a clean and strong Party Organisation meeting the requirements in the new situation.
The Hoa Binh Elderly Association and the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on May 7 held a working session with a visiting delegation from the Japanese Embassy and sponsors of a local project on reducing senior citizens’ income and health vulnerabilities in Vietnam (VIE071).
Seventy years have passed, but the memories of the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954 have never faded in the mind of veteran Ly Van Ngoan from Dong Tien hamlet, Phu Thanh commune, Lac Thuy district.
Over recent times, in Mai Chau district, there have been many typical examples of studying and following President Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and lifestyle in all aspects of the social life, contributing to successfully implementing the tasks of socio-economic development, and ensuring social welfare and defence and security in the locality.
Officials of Hoa Binh province led by Bui Van Khanh, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, along with others from the provinces also taking part in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada, visited and had a working session with the Consulate General of Vietnam in Houston on April 24 (local time). The delegation was welcomed by Hoang Thuy Duong, Consul General of Vietnam in the city, and staff members of the consulate.
Officials of Hoa Binh province joining in a programme on promoting Vietnamese localities in the US and Canada began working sessions in New York on April 22. Other provinces participating in this programme, held by the Department for Local Diplomacy Facilitation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, include Yen Bai, Ha Nam, Ha Tinh, Thua Thien - Hue, and Gia Lai.