Following a surge in bookings following the March DPRK-USA summit in Hanoi, a Vietnamese travel agency has entered into a deal with the Korea International Travel Company (KITC) to charter flights direct from Vietnam to Pyongyang. The official memorandum of…
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The Hanoi Summit: US Passport ban overturned?
Today North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Hanoi in anticipation for tomorrow’s much-anticipated summit with American President Donald Trump. Here, over the course of the next two days, both leaders are expected to hammer out a series of…
Read MoreKim’s personal train passes through Dandong en route to Hanoi summit
DPRK leader Marshal Kim Jong Un has just arrived in the Chinese border city of Dandong to what is, for the head of a country that has recently been dominating world headlines, an atypically muted reception. The streets of Dandong…
Read MoreRailroad relations: the international train journeys of the Kims
When speaking to a North Korean tour guide a few years back, she recalled the time before the end of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc, telling me how as a little girl she travelled by train all the…
Read MoreHow to get from Pyongyang to Hanoi
We were glad to hear that, just like us at YPT, Marshal Kim Jong Un is a long-train-ride enthusiast and will potentially be going all the way to Hanoi for the upcoming summit with President Donald Trump by train. It’s…
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What do Vietnam and North Korea have in common?
It’s a typical morning in Hanoi. The streets are roaring with a never-ending flow of mopeds and the small alleyways are bustling with life. Western tourists are everywhere and the country is thriving. Yet as they enjoy the vibrancy of…
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15 Best Vietnam Tours
Vietnam is a country with a rich and troubled past that has steadily been attracting more and more international visitors since the cessation of hostilities that took place in the ‘70s. It’s known for its diverse cultures and the wide…
Read MoreMausoleums and trains: exploring Vietnam
There’s a few things that we really quite like at YPT. Some are more obvious than others, such as travel and Communism. We also quite like trains and dead Communist leaders. But how to combine all of these things we…
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