After weeks of buildup,... Vietnamese officials, citizens and hordes of foreign journalists had been eagerly awaiting this moment.<br />Kim Jong-un stepping out of his specially-armored train prior to his second summit with President Trump.<br />The host country made sure to roll out the red carpet on Tuesday at a railway station close to Vietnam's border with China.<br />The state-run Korean Central News Agency says Kim will stay in Vietnam until March 2nd, before setting off again.<br />Cha Sang-mi reports. <br />After a 65 hour train-ride across China, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday,... a day ahead of his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. <br />This comes... eight months after their first, landmark meeting in Singapore last June.<br />Kim was welcomed by hundreds of Vietnamese officials, soldiers, locals, and international media on the red carpet... laid out at Dong Dang railway station on the China-Vietnam border at 8:15 a.m. local time.<br />The security was high at the station, with Vietnamese troops and sniffer dogs patrolling the area.<br />The locals waved North Korean and Vietnamese flags as Kim got out of the train with his top delegates,... including his sister Kim Yo-jong and his top nuclear negotiator Kim Yong-chol. <br />Soon after he shook hands with officials, smiling,... Kim hopped into a limousine which drove three hours to take him to his hotel in Hanoi.<br />Kim's bodyguards, a dozen tall men in black suits and short haircuts,... ran along the car as it drove away,... a scene we saw at the first inter-Korean summit last year.<br />Analysts say that for now,... the North Korean leader appears eager to continue breaking out of his isolationism on the international image.<br /><br />"He has again successfully demonstrated that he is an important leader of a country that matters for the United States and that his image has been laundered successfully from a pariah leader to one which is increasingly acceptable to the international community."<br /><br />He arrived at the Melia Hotel in Hanoi's diplomatic district at 11:00 a.m. local time, and is reportedly getting some rest before his hectic schedule on Wednesday.<br />Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News. <br />
