Panorama of President Kim Jong-un's visit to President Ho Chi Minh

• North Korean President Kim Jong-un walks into Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. Photo: Ngoc Thanh

  Wreath with Korean text. Photo: Ngoc Thanh

  Visiting President Ho Chi Minh with Mr. Kim Jong-un was the Chief of the Office of the President Dao Viet Trung (right cover). Photo: Ngoc Thanh

  Mr. Kim Jong-un fixes the wreath to pay his respects to President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Ngoc Thanh

  The North Korean President and his entourage bow before the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. Photo: Ngoc Thanh

• Earlier, Mr. Kim Jong-un and the North Korean delegation laid wreaths at the Monument to Heroic Martyrs. Photo: Ngoc Thanh

  Photo: Ngoc Thanh

  Photo: Ngoc Thanh

  Photo: Ngoc Thanh

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will pay an official friendship visit to Vietnam at the invitation of General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong on March 1 and 2. Before that, he will attend the US-North Korea Summit, which will take place on February 27 and 28 in Hanoi.

On the afternoon of March 1, the official welcoming ceremony for North Korean President Kim Jong-un was solemnly held according to the highest protocol reserved for heads of state. General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong presided over the welcoming ceremony.

Immediately after the welcoming ceremony, General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong and North Korean President Kim Jong-un held talks at the Presidential Palace.

On the same afternoon, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with the North Korean President at the Government headquarters; then National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan also met with Mr. Kim Jong-un.

Kim Jong-un became the leader of North Korea in late 2011, following the death of his father, President Kim Jong-il. Kim's grandfather, Kim Il-sung, led the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from its founding in 1948 until his death in 1994.