Dancers at Vietnam-DPRK Friendship Kindergarten in Hanoi rehearse ahead of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's scheduled visit, Friday. / Yonhap

By Yi Whan-woo

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un went ahead with his first official visit to Vietnam, Friday, despite the collapse of talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi, Thursday.

But Kim has rescheduled his program and plans to head home Saturday morning, instead of the evening as initially planned, according to diplomatic sources.

His two-day official visit to Vietnam is part of a five-day journey to the country, including the summit with Trump on Wednesday and Thursday.

The abrupt end to the summit in the Vietnamese capital had fueled speculation that a discouraged Kim might change his schedule, which is partly aimed at benchmarking Vietnam's economic reform model.