Many groups of international tourists were waiting on the streets of Hanoi, hoping to get a glimpse of the vehicles carrying United States President Donald Trump and Chairman of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un, some for up to two hours.


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Hundreds of people, both local and foreign, lined the streets around the Metropole hotel on the afternoon of February 27.




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A group of foreign tourists including Iris Kroeze, from the Netherlands, Antonia Bernard, from Germany, and David Valley, from the US, (L-R) hope to see the state leaders on their trip to Hanoi.




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Eric Ferret, 46, has lived in Vietnam for 8 years. He decided to sit on Trang Tien Street followed nearly 2 hours of strolling around the Metropole hotel.




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Most tourists in the area spent time to take photographs and videos of the bustling atmosphere on the streets of Hanoi.




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A group of French tourists try to find good place to observe among the crowd.




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Many tourists patiently wait to see DPRK Chairman Kim Jong-un on Ly Thuong Kiet Street.




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Two German visitors say they don’t feel tired among the waiting crowds.




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Björn Wijbenga, from the Netherlands, takes a photo outside the Hanoi Opera House.




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Margaret and Mark, from Australia, say they arrived in Hanoi from Sapa and feels surprised at the level of security forces on show in Hanoi.




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Some tourists take in Hanoi by cyclo and take images of the waiting crowds.


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