Stamp celebrating second DPRK-USA Summit to be issued
A stamp collection commemorating the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam is set be issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 26.
A booth of the Vietnam Post at the International Media Centre for the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A stamp collection commemorating the DPRK-USA Hanoi SummitVietnam is set be issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications andthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 26.
It willbe launched one day ahead of the historic meeting between President of theUnited States Donald Trump and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)leader Kim Jong-un, scheduled totake place in Hanoi on February 27-28.
The stampalso includes messages introducing Vietnam as a safe and friendly destinationand Hanoi as the City for Peace, which voices the country’s efforts inaddressing global issues and thereby contributing to building peace in theregion and the world.
It wasdesigned by painters Nguyen Du and To Minh Trang of the Vietnam Post.
On theoccasion of the summit, the Vietnam Post will set up a booth at the event’sInternational Media Centre to provide postal services for the over 3,000domestic and international journalists and reporters.
Theinternational media centre, located at the Cultural Friendship Palace at No. 91Tran Hung Dao street, will officially begin operations on February 26. It iscapable of hosting more than 3,000 reporters at the same time and is fully equippedwith modern facilities serving reporters’ needs. –VNA
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