Possible hotels for Kim and Trump say their bookings are full, but security is not too tight yet
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Vietnam's foreign minister and protocol chief wrapped up their visit to North Korea, and now, we're expecting the two negotiating sides and the host country to put their summit preparations into high gear.
To get updated on the situation, let's go straight to our Lee Ji-won, standing by in Hanoi.
Ji-won, do fill us in on some of the tell-tale signs of how the host city is getting ready.
Daniel, behind me is the JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi, that's where President Donald Trump is expected to stay during his summit with Kim Jong-un in two week's time.
The reception says rooms are fully booked as they have a big team staying over that period, without giving more details.
And it seems security's gotten a bit tight, especially when we tried to film the hotel.
We were approached by hotel personnel, telling us that we can only film the hotel close up with our phones.
Meanwhile earlier in the day we were over at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, one of the possibilities for Kim Jong-un's hotel.
That's around 10 kilometers away from the JW Marriott.
The security there was much more lax, but they were also not taking any reservations from February 25th to 28th.
When I asked them, they said the rooms are almost full and also that they have (quote) "delegations staying."
When I tried to confirm if they mean that the North Korean delegation will be staying at the hotel, the reception said it's confidential.
Okay then Ji-won how about the summit venue? We have one place that's widely expected to host the event right?
Yes you're right Daniel. Many of us are speculating that the Vietnam National Convention Center will be the summit venue.
That's where the 2006 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting and the 2010 ASEAN Summit were held.
It's really just a five minute walk from JW Marriott,... but the security was much tighter.
All roads leading to the center were blocked, and we weren't even allowed to walk past the street next to it.
But this may not be necessarily due to the summit as locals say it's normally a high-security area.
Another place where we saw lots of surveillance was the North Korean embassy.
While we couldn't see any significant preparations, there was a sign in front saying 'no entrance' and the guards in front of the gate were watching us with keen eyes.
The North Korean officials also blocked windows with a cover, something that wasn't there a few weeks ago. It's reported that, according to a local police officer, the embassy had been designated as a special security area by the Vietnam police earlier this week.
That's all from me for now Daniel.
Vietnam's foreign minister and protocol chief wrapped up their visit to North Korea, and now, we're expecting the two negotiating sides and the host country to put their summit preparations into high gear.
To get updated on the situation, let's go straight to our Lee Ji-won, standing by in Hanoi.
Ji-won, do fill us in on some of the tell-tale signs of how the host city is getting ready.
Daniel, behind me is the JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi, that's where President Donald Trump is expected to stay during his summit with Kim Jong-un in two week's time.
The reception says rooms are fully booked as they have a big team staying over that period, without giving more details.
And it seems security's gotten a bit tight, especially when we tried to film the hotel.
We were approached by hotel personnel, telling us that we can only film the hotel close up with our phones.
Meanwhile earlier in the day we were over at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, one of the possibilities for Kim Jong-un's hotel.
That's around 10 kilometers away from the JW Marriott.
The security there was much more lax, but they were also not taking any reservations from February 25th to 28th.
When I asked them, they said the rooms are almost full and also that they have (quote) "delegations staying."
When I tried to confirm if they mean that the North Korean delegation will be staying at the hotel, the reception said it's confidential.
Okay then Ji-won how about the summit venue? We have one place that's widely expected to host the event right?
Yes you're right Daniel. Many of us are speculating that the Vietnam National Convention Center will be the summit venue.
That's where the 2006 APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting and the 2010 ASEAN Summit were held.
It's really just a five minute walk from JW Marriott,... but the security was much tighter.
All roads leading to the center were blocked, and we weren't even allowed to walk past the street next to it.
But this may not be necessarily due to the summit as locals say it's normally a high-security area.
Another place where we saw lots of surveillance was the North Korean embassy.
While we couldn't see any significant preparations, there was a sign in front saying 'no entrance' and the guards in front of the gate were watching us with keen eyes.
The North Korean officials also blocked windows with a cover, something that wasn't there a few weeks ago. It's reported that, according to a local police officer, the embassy had been designated as a special security area by the Vietnam police earlier this week.
That's all from me for now Daniel.