North Korean President arrived in Vietnam on an armored train 2
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8:35 a.m
Mr. Kim Jong-un: `We are very grateful to Vietnam!`
Sharing with VnExpress, Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung said that when shaking hands to welcome the North Korean leader at Dong Dang Station, he said `Welcome Chairman Kim Jong-un to visit Vietnam.`
Mr. Mai Tien Dung (left) welcomed the North Korean President at the train station.
8:30 a.m
The group of bodyguards followed the car carrying Kim Jong-un leaving Dong Dang station.
Photo: Huu Khoa
Cars outside Dong Dang station
Mr. Kim’s car left Dong Dang station.
8:29 am
At 8:30 a.m., the group of North Korean officials and bodyguards left Dong Dang station one by one, heading to Hanoi.
In the group there was a Mercedes and a Maybach without license plates, used to serve Mr. Kim.
8:26 a.m
Outside the station, the Mercedes S600 Pullman Guard carrying the North Korean leader was surrounded by 12 North Korean guards.
12 North Korean secret agents surrounded the car carrying Chairman Kim.
The North Korean leader lowered his car window when he saw people and students on both sides of the road.
He waved to the people and students waving flags and flowers.
8:22 a.m
After the armored train stopped at Dong Dang station, North Korean President Kim Jong-un, in his familiar outfit – a four-pocket overcoat with large buttons, quickly walked down the red carpet and smiled and waved. Welcoming him.
Photo: Giang Huy.
Mr. Vo Van Thuong – Head of the Central Propaganda Department led a delegation of Vietnamese officials to welcome North Korean President Kim Jong Un.
Kim Jong-un’s sister followed behind.
8:15 am
Mr. Kim’s armored ship
North Korea’s armored train arrives at Dong Dang station.
Kim Jong Un’s S600 car was parked in front of Dong Dang station.
North Korean security waits for the leader outside Dong Dang station.
7:25 a.m
Lang Son, Mr. Kim Chang-son, head of the secretariat of the North Korean State Affairs Committee, acts as chief of staff of President Kim Jong-un and the North Korean secret police team appeared at Dong Dang station.
Mr. Kim Chang-son, head of the secretariat of the North Korean State Affairs Commission, coordinated with Vietnamese functional forces.
North Korean security forces on duty at the station.
7:00 a.m
Hanoi, Pham Ngu Lao street, intersection of Trang Tien and Hoa Lo street (near Melia hotel), has two posts on duty since the evening of February 25, each with 4 armored vehicles and dozens of soldiers carrying AK guns.
On Pham Ngu Lao Street, Hoan Kiem, military armored vehicles and dozens of officers stood guard since night.
At Hoa Lo Street (Hanoi), away from the Melia Hotel, where the North Korean leader is expected to stay, there are four military armored vehicles on duty.
The bicycle group paraded with the American – Korean – Vietnamese national flags through the Hanoi Opera House.
In front of the Opera House, authorities were on heavy duty.
Many days ago, the area police went to every house where the convoy’s route was expected to pass, asking them to sign a commitment not to let strangers enter the house, and high positions were sealed.
6:45 a.m
In Hanoi, military control forces began patrolling streets in Hoan Kiem district such as Ly Thuong Kiet, Ngo Quyen, Trang Tien…
Military control forces patrolled around the Melia hotel.
Around the Opera House, Trang Tien Street, the police began to set up a fence with rope and steel.
Police stretched cordon on Trang Tien Street.
In front of the Melia Hotel, soldiers and police stood solemnly guarding.
6:40 a.m
Lang Son, inside Dong Dang station at this time two rows of soldiers stood along the railway tracks.
Lang Son students stood on both sides of the road to welcome Kim Jong-un
Students in Lang Son stood on both sides of the road, holding Vietnamese and North Korean flags in their hands.
Students of secondary schools in Dong Dang Town stood along both sides of the road leading to Dong Dang station.
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