US President Donald Trump has said thanks to Vietnam for hosting the summit between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as the involved parties try to accelrate the denuclearization process.The US president paid a courtesy visit to Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday morning [February 27] before his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later in the evening.
US President Donald Trump meets Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi on February 27. Photo: VNA
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US President Trump and Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi on February 27. Photo: VGP
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They welcomed the growing commercial relationship between these two countries.
After the meeting with the Vietnamese president, Trump met Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said his country wanted to make sure US and North Korean leaders will have a productive summit. “For the peace of the world, for a connected and developed world, let’s shake hands. We shall develop together and contribute to global stability,” he was quoted by CNN as saying.
Trump and Vietnamese leaders have lavished praise upon each other, while key businesses from both countries have also signed memorandums of understanding worth in theory billions of dollars.
In a tweet on Wednesday, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs boasted of the country’s “comprehensive partnership” with the US.
According to CNN, the US president was served with several Hanoi-typical dishes like nem (deep fried Hanoi-style spring rolls with shrimp, pork, vermicelli and vegetables served with a side of sweet and sour fish sauce and red chillies), cha ca (grilled cod fish), and xoi (steamed sticky glutinous rice with shrimp wrapped in a lotus leaf), and a traditional Vietnamese dessert consisting of lotus seeds, longans, and white wood-ear mushrooms served warm and in a light sugary syrup.
