Images of Republic of Korea (RoK) President Lee Jae Myung enjoying street-side pho (Vietnamese noodle soup), while the First Lady strolled through a crowd with an ice cream in hand, have gone viral across Asian media, once again highlighting the global appeal of Vietnamese cuisine.
Madame Kim Hye-kyung, spouse of President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Lee Jae Myung, and Madame Ngo Phuong Ly, spouse of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam, visited the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi on April 23.
First Lady of the Republic of Korea Kim Hea-kyung attended the Korea Culture and Tourism Festival 2026 with a wide range of vibrant activities in Hanoi on April 23, as part of President Lee Jae-myung’s state visit to Vietnam.
VOV.VN - President Lee Jae-myung and First Lady Kim Hye-kyung of the Republic of Korea took an evening stroll around Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of Hanoi on April 23.
Madam Ngo Phuong Ly, spouse of Party General Secretary To Lam, and Madam Lis Cuesta Peraza, spouse of First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, enjoyed a traditional water puppet performance and visited Ngoc Son Temple in Hanoi on September 1.
VOV.VN - Shortly after arriving in Hanoi on May 27 evening for an official visit to Vietnam, Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok and First Lady Nagy Zsuzsanna took a leisurely walk hand in hand around the local Old Quarter, enjoying the nighttime atmosphere of the capital city.
VOV.VN - After attending the state banquet on May 26 evening, French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron took a stroll through Hanoi’s Old Quarter for about 45 minutes, following a busy day of official engagements during their State visit to Vietnam.
VOV.VN - Pham Thi Thanh Tam, spouse of Vietnamese president Vo Van Thuong, and Louise Araneta-Marcos, spouse of Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., made a tour of Hang Luoc flower market, the more-than-100-year-old flower market in Hanoi, on January 30.
VOV.VN - Former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama once said “No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.”