Vietnamese young and old expressed their delight Wednesday after hearing their country had been chosen for the second face-to-face meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The communist-run Southeast Asian country was announced during Trump's State of the Union address as the location for the high-profile summit due to take place later this month.
It follows the pair's historic handshake and brief declaration on denuclearisation at their inaugural meeting in Singapore in June last year.
The pick brings prestige to the former US foe-turned-ally and is symbolic for Vietnamese of a certain generation, who welcomed the move.
"Our country now has a new position and the world trusts us," Pham Van Thau, an 82-year-old communist party member, told AFP in Hanoi.
"The summit will help the world understand more about Vietnam."
Nhung agreed: "I think North Korea now is like Vietnam before the US embargo was lifted, poor and economically limited."
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