North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Vietnam on the eve of a second summit with Donald Trump that the world is closely watching for tangible progress over North Korea's nuclear programme
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arriving at Vietnam's Dong Dang railway station ahead of his summit with US President Donald trump
The normally sleepy Vietnamese border station of Dong Dang spruced itself up for Mr Kim's arrival after the young leader's 4,000-kilometre , two-and-a-half-day odyssey through China aboard his olive green train. Wearing his trademark Mao-style black suit and flanked by his troops of bodyguards, Mr Kim was ushered into a waiting Mercedes-Benz and his motorcade rolled off towards Hanoi, where armoured personnel carriers patrolled the roads amid ultra-tight security.
"With complete Denuclearization, North Korea will rapidly become an Economic Powerhouse," tweeted Mr Trump. "Without it, just more of the same."Relations between the two mercurial leaders have undergone a dramatic turnaround, from flinging personal insults and threats of destruction to Trump declaring he had fallen "in love" with Kim through an exchange of letters.