Trump to meet North Korean leader Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam
- by Muriel Colon
- in Global Media
- — Feb 7, 2019
"We expect Vietnam to be a perfectly suitable backdrop to a new history to be written between North Korea and the United States".
Trump did not say which Vietnamese city would host the two leaders but both the capital, Hanoi, and Danang have been considered as possibilities.
Motorcyclists travel along a road in Da Nang, Vietnam in this November 11, 2017 file photo.What's in it for Vietnam?
"Laughs in the gallery as Trump claims that had he not been made president, we would be at war with North Korea", one user wrote. It built a new global airport terminal in May 2017 and has invested millions of dollars in infrastructure upgrades.
"North Korea would also feel confident that Vietnam's security apparatus could secure Kim's protection", he said.
If Da Nang is chosen, the city - the fourth-largest in the country - has dozens of high-end hotels, conducive to hosting an event of such magnitude.
US envoy Stephen Biegun is due to meet his North Korean counterpart Kim Hyok Chol on Pyongyang on Wednesday, as he attempts to push forward preparations for the summit and advance a plan to reinvigorate talks about denuclearization. "This combination of factors will help secure a deal fast and efficiently".
Kim had agreed in principle to "complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula" but U.S. intelligence agencies have said the country's nuclear program has continued.
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Trump and Kim's meeting last June in Singapore was the first ever between a sitting United States president and a North Korean leader.
He added: "If there's trouble, if somebody is looking to do nuclear weapons or other things, we're going to know it before they do". The French landed there in 1858 and the United States marines in 1965. The US is also an important trade partner for Vietnam, especially now that Washington and Beijing are stuck in an ongoing trade dispute.
Da Nang was known during the war as "a decadent refuge known for prostitution as well as human rights violations", said Sung-Yoon Lee, professor of Korea studies at The Fletcher School.
News that a tentative agreement has been reached offers relief to those who anxious Trump would use the lack of a deal as a reason to pull US troops out of South Korea as part of negotiations with Kim. "Vietnam hosts students from North Korea who research Vietnam's economic model and in 2010, Vietnam hosted confidential talks between North Korea and Japan on family reunions", Vietnam expert Thayer said.
Since US sanctions were lifted in 1994, Vietnam has become one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing economies.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made that case in June in Hanoi, when he pointed to the country's evolving relations with the USA, which went from fighting to a partnership.
"[Vietnam] stands ready to actively contribute to [and] cooperate [with] relevant sides to ensure" the summit's success, the tweet continued.
"Your country can replicate this path. It's yours if you'll seize the moment", Pompeo said in remarks aimed at Kim. -North Korea summit in Singapore, June 12, 2018.
