US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have clasped hands and posed smiling in front of flags in Sofitel Legend Metropole in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi, for the second one-on-one meeting. 
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Metropole hotel in Hanoi in evening February 27. Photo: CNN
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The two leaders will meet for 20 minutes ahead of a private dinner tonight.
The two leaders start the conversation. Photo: CNN
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According to Sanders, the participants at the dinner, which will take place at the Metropole Hotel, are as follows:
The US
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America
Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State
Mick Mulvaney, Assistant to the President and acting Chief of Staff
Lee Yun-hyang, interpreter
North Korea
Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)
Kim Yong Chol, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea
Ri Yong Ho, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Sin Hye Yong, interpreter
Local residents queue near the hotel. Photo: CNN
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A theater erects portraits of the two leaders. Photo: CNN
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A source close to the planning of tonight’s Kim-Trump dinner tells CNN that as of a few hours ago the chefs were struggling to get a menu approved because officials from both countries, especially the White House, kept adjusting the menu to make it “super simple”.
