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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center right, is greeted on his arrival at the Dong Dang railway station in Dong Dang, Vietnam's border town Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, ahead of his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. (Minoru Iwasaki/Kyodo News via AP)

Donald Trump sees Vietnam as North Korea economic model

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Kim Jong-nam was fatally poisoned in 2017 at airport. Pyongyang was accused of recruiting a Vietnamese woman to assassinate him. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Kim Jong-un has fences to mend during Vietnam summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Vietnamese party chief visits Cambodia to shore up relations

By SOPHENG CHEANG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, reaches to shake hands with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump tamps down expectations as he heads to Kim summit

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves from a car after arriving by train in Dong Dang in Vietnamese border town Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, ahead of his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang)

The Latest: NKorea: Kim to stay in Vietnam through Saturday

Associated Press

Correction: Obit-Barry Kramer story

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, photo, a train similar to ones seen during previous visits to China by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un leaves Dandong Station in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. Kim was on a train Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, to Vietnam for his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, state media confirmed. (Madoka Ikegami/Kyodo News via AP)

In Chinese border city, locals hope North Korea opens up

By DAKE KANG - Associated Press

T-shirts with portraits of President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are displayed in a tourist area in Hanoi, Vietnam. The two leaders will hold their second summit this week. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s summit with Kim Jong-un faces high expectations

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, photo, children in Vietnamese and Korean traditional costumes hug at each other at Vietnam-Korea Friendship Kindergarten in Hanoi, Vietnam. The children have been practicing singing and dancing, hoping to show off their talents to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un when he comes to town this week for his second summit meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Hanoi Postcard: Children hope to give Kim comradely welcome

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 1966, file photo, a U.S. Air Force B-52 delivers a bomb load of more than 38,000 pounds against Viet Cong strongholds in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi once trembled as waves of American bombers unleashed their payloads, but when Kim Jong Un arrives here for his summit with President Donald Trump he won’t find rancor toward a former enemy. Instead, the North Korean leader will get a glimpse at the potential rewards of reconciliation. (AP Photo, File)

From bombers to Big Macs: Vietnam a lesson in reconciliation

By DENIS D. GRAY and HAU DINH - Associated Press

In this image taken from video footage, a train similar to ones seen during previous visits to China by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crosses the Friendship Bridge from North Korea into China as seen from Dandong in northeastern China's Liaoning Province, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. A train similar to one used in the past by Kim Jong Un entered China on Saturday evening, possibly carrying the North Korean leader on a journey to Vietnam's capital for his summit with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

Train possibly taking Kim Jong Un to summit enters China

By DAKE KANG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2017, file photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, F-35B stealth fighter jets and South Korean F-15K fighter jets fly over the Korean Peninsula during joint drills. Ahead of the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, some observers say there is an uncertainty over the future of the decades-long military alliance between Washington and Seoul. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP, File)

Worry about US-SKorea alliance grows before Trump-Kim summit

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 29, 2015, file photo, a snack and fruit vendor waits for customers near the advertisement board of a shopping mall and apartment building in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Vietnam, the location of U.S. President Donald Trump’s next meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has come a long way since the U.S. abandoned its war against communist North Vietnam in the 1970s. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

Trump-Kim summit host Vietnam is model for economic growth

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

In this Feb. 16, 2019, photo, war veteran Duong Van Dau walks in between a row of headstones at a memorial for North Korean fallen pilots in Bac Giang province, Vietnam. The fourteen headstones of the pilots who died while fighting American bombers alongside the Vietnamese army during the Vietnam war remain as a symbol of Vietnam-North Korea friendship. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Memorial speaks to North Korea’s ties to summit host Vietnam

By HAU DINH and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 27, 2008 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the cooling tower of the Yongbyon nuclear complex is demolished in Yongbyon, North Korea, in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs. When U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un first met in Singapore in 2018, there was pomp, there was circumstance, but there wasn’t much substance. As they get ready to sit down again in Vietnam on Feb. 27-28, 2019, there’s growing pressure that they forge a deal that puts them closer to ending the North Korean nuclear weapons threat. (Gao Haorong,/Xinhua via AP, File)

Trump-Kim summit to focus on NKorea nuke complex, US rewards

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FIE - In this Nov. 12, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam. Trump used his biggest stage of the year to announce he will hold his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump announced Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 during his State of the Union address that he intends to meet Kim on Feb. 27-28, 2019 in Vietnam, saying that although much work remains to be done toward peace on the Korean Peninsula, his relationship with Kim is a good one. (Kham/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Hopes high for concrete results from 2nd Kim-Trump summit

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

FILE - In this undated file photo distributed on Sept. 16, 2017, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends what was said to be the test launch of an intermediate range Hwasong-12 missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. U.S President Donald Trump announced Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 during his State of the Union address that he intends to meet Kim on Feb. 27-28, 2019 in Vietnam, saying that although much work remains to be done toward peace on the Korean Peninsula, his relationship with Kim is a good one. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Can North Korea become Vietnam? Probably not

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during their first meeting at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. Vietnam's selection as the venue for the second summit meeting of them is largely a matter of convenience and security, but not without bigger stakes. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

AP Explains: Trump-Kim summit in Vietnam may be win for all

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

A teenager wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, center left, stands in front of an elderly Native American singing and playing a drum in Washington, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky is looking into this and other videos from a rally in Washington. (Survival Media Agency via AP) **FILE**

Don Shipley finds Nathan Phillips stayed in U.S. during Vietnam War, went AWOL three times

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Snow covers the grounds of Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Ky., Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. The school has received national attention in the wake of videos showing students from the school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial after a rally in Washington. (AP Photo/Lisa Cornwell)

The New York Times issues correction on Nathan Phillips’ military service

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times