Trump is scheduled to meet Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un on February 27-28.

US President Donald Trump.

He expressed his optimism about a productive summit with the DPRK leader in a Twitter post after boarding Air Force One.

Air Force One is expected to arrive in the Noi Bai International Airport of Hanoi on February 26 evening (local time).

The first summit between US President Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un was held on June 12, 2018 in Singapore.

The parties signed a joint document, in which Pyongyang committed to denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula in return for US security guarantees. However, negotiations after the summit have yet to gain positive progress.

At the second summit, the two countries are expected to pass a joint declaration outlining the DPRK’s specific steps on denuclearisation and reciprocal US moves, including a rollback of several sanctions.

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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 24 visited the International Media Centre (IMC) in Hanoi to inspect preparations for the upcoming DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam.

 

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Preparations for the upcoming second summit between the US and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are on schedule, earning appreciation from the two countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung told the press on February 21. 

 

PM asks for careful preparation for US-DPRK summit

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has chaired a meeting to review the preparation for the second summit between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the US in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi. 

 

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Source: VNA