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DPRK-USA summit: Golden chance for Vietnam's tourism

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and US President Donald Trump expressed their satisfaction at the increasingly substantive developments in the countries’ relations during their meeting in Hanoi on February 27.

US President Donald Trump on February 27 said Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-un and he will try very hard to work something out on deniclearisation and then making the DPRK an economic powerhouse.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and Sabre Corporation (SABR) - the leading technology provider for the global travel industry will expand their existing strategic cooperation in aviation information and technology under a 300-million USD deal inked in Hanoi on February 27.

Beneath the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi lays a bunker that was used as a bomb shelter back in Vietnam wars dozens of decades ago.

Any concession given by US President Donald Trump or Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-un at the upcoming DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam will be significant as it will be a step forwards in the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, stated Spokesperson of the RoK presidential office Kim Eui-kyeom on February 27.

Bamboo Airways, Vietnam’s newest carrier, signed a nearly-3-billion-USD contract to buy 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner wide-body jets with the US group on February 27.

A high ranking delegation from the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) toured the World Heritage site Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh on February 27.

During these days, Hanoi, where the second DPRK-USA Summit is taking place, is more bustling than ever and many of its residents also seem to be eager to welcome the event in their own ways.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) hold great potential to grow if it would denuclearise, US President Donald Trump has said.

Foreign news agencies have been full of anticipation at developments of the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam after President Donald Trump arrived in Vietnam on late February 26.

Professor Faisal Ahmed from India’s FORE School of Management has voiced his optimism about the second summit between US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un which takes place in Hanoi on February 27-28.

US President arrives in Hanoi for summit with DPRK leader.

Armored cars mobilised for security of summit.

US special agents inspect security at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on Feb. 26 prior to President Donald Trump’s arrival for DPRK-USA summit.

Before the Air Force One carrying the US President Donald Trump lands at Noi Bai International Airport, maximum security has been ensured around JW Marriott Hotel in Hanoi.

Vietnam and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea established diplomatic relations on January 31, 1950.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said the hosting of the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam contributes to realising the motto “Vietnam is an active and responsible member of international community” set by the 11th National Party Congress in 2011.

Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the DPRK’s Workers’ Party of Korea, continued to run stories on February 26 on DPRK leader Kim Jong-un’s trip to Vietnam for his second summit with US President Donald Trump.

A special stamp set has been issued to welcome the DPRK–USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam, which will take place in the capital city on February 27 and 28.