HANOI, Feb 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Some 2,600 foreign reporters have registered to cover the second summit between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) here scheduled for Feb 27-28, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung.
Trung told the press on Thursday that they have just 20 days to prepare after US President Donald Trump announced Vietnam’s capital Hanoi as the meeting venue, while Singapore had nearly two months to prepare for the first US-North Korea summit last year.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently directed ministries and sectors to do their utmost to ensure security and safety for the summit to make it a success, Vietnam News Agency reported.
–NNN-BERNAMA
