Grand celebration: Akishino and Kiko (background) being welcomed by Vietnam’s Vice-President Vo Thi Anh Xuan (right) at the presidential palace in Hanoi. — AFP
Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko were welcomed in Hanoi by lines of flag-waving schoolchildren, as they began a visit marking the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations.
Yesterday, he royal couple laid wreaths at the mausoleum of late president Ho Chi Minh, before heading to the former home – a traditional stilt house – of the revolutionary leader and feeding fish in a pond outside.
