Vietnamese soldiers and an armored vehicle are stationed at the Melia Hanoi Hotel in the city's Tran Hung Dao district, where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is staying after arriving in the city Tuesday for his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump that starts Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Passers-by watch a Vietnamese security guard monitoring the vicinity of the Melia Hanoi Hotel in the city's Tran Hung Dao district, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

People gesture to unseen friends as they stand in front of an armored vehicle next to the Melia Hanoi Hotel, where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is staying for his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Vietnamese police prepare in front of the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi in the city's Hoan Kiem district on Wednesday, where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet later in the day to begin their second summit. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

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A Vietnamese policeman on guard outside the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi on Wednesday, where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump will kick off their second summit. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

A woman waves the national flags of the United States and France outside the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi on Wednesday, where the second summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump is being held. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Hanoi residents, neither profusely excited nor gloomy over the historic second summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump, fill the local neighborhood on Wednesday evening near the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, where the two-day meeting is being held. Korea Times photos by Choi Won-suk