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Second Trump and Kim summit to be held in Vietnam on Feb 27-28

<span style="color: #222222;">US President Donald Trump today announced that he will hold the second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Vietnam on February 27th and 28th. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The announcement came during his second State of the Union Address to the US Congress. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Touting good relationship with the North Korean leader, Trump said that progress has been made in his administration's efforts to achieve peace on the Korean peninsula. He, however, said that much work remains to be done in an effort to dismantle North Korean nuclear and missile programmes.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Kim and Trump met in Singapore last year, marking the first bilateral meeting between the leaders of the two countries. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The leaders had signed a vaguely-worded agreement pledging to work toward full denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">North Korea has since then refrained from overtly provocative actions like testing nuclear warheads or ballistic missiles. However, it has yet to agree to actually give up any piece of its atomic arsenal. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span>

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