While the leaders of North Korea and the United States debate banishing nuclear bombs from the Korean peninsula, the host of their summit this week, Vietnam, is relishing its role as a promoter of peace.
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet Wednesday and Thursday in Hanoi, hoping to build on their historic summit in Singapore in June that was the first between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader.
Vietnam's hosting of the high-stakes talks marks its emergence as a trustworthy, responsible member of the international community that has forged peace with old enemies, and can now help others to do so, Vietnamese officials say.