Free train tickets offered to foreign reporters to DPRK-USA Summit
The Vietnam Railways (VNR) has announced it will provide free train tickets for international journalists who registered to cover the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam, which will take place in Hanoi on February 27-28.
The Vietnam Railways will provide free train tickets for international journalists who registered to cover the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Railways (VNR) has announced it willprovide free train tickets for international journalists who registered tocover the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam, which will take place in the capitalcity of Hanoi on February 27-28.
According to a VNR representative, beneficiaries are all foreign reportersholding an event card issued by the Foreign Ministry’s Information-PressDepartment.
Phung Thi Ly Ha, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Railway Transport JSC, therailway sector’s move aims to contribute to promoting the image of Vietnam to internationalfriends as about 3,000 international journalists will come to cover the summit.
Earlier,the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) launched free tours forforeign reporters which include the Hanoi city tour and trips to Café Hanoi,Bat Trang ceramics village, and UNESCO world heritage site Ha Long Bay arrangedby the prestigious travel companies Hanoitourist and Saigontourist.
The second DPRK-USASummit is considered an important political and external event of Vietnam in2019, manifesting its foreign policy of “Vietnam is a friend and reliablepartner of the international community.”
It will focus on discussing Pyongyang’s concrete denuclearisation steps andcorresponding measures the DPRK wants the US to take such as looseningsanctions and improving relations.-VNA
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The Vietnam Railways will provide free train tickets for international journalists who registered to cover the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam. (Photo: VNA) 
