The North Korean leader's sister, Kim Yo Jong, who acted as a close aide to him in Singapore, is again part of the delegation, KCNA said. Other senior North Korean officials, such as his de facto chief of staff Kim Chang Son and Kim Hyok Chol, negotiations counterpart to US envoy Stephen Biegun, were already in Hanoi to prepare for the summit. Vietnamese media reported that a North Korean cargo plane arrived on Sunday carrying personnel who appeared to be Kim's security guards and state media workers. It could take Kim at least 2-1/2 days to travel all the way across China to Vietnam by train. Its foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether Kim would meet President Xi Jinping.

Source: bd News24 February 24, 2019 06:00 UTC