PHOTOS Heavy security keeps watchful eye on summit hot spots

Vietnamese soldiers and an armored vehicle are stationed at the Melia Hanoi Hotel in the city's Tran Hung Dao district, where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is staying after arriving in the city Tuesday for his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump that starts Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Passers-by watch a Vietnamese security guard monitoring the vicinity of the Melia Hanoi Hotel in the city's Tran Hung Dao district, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

People gesture to unseen friends as they stand in front of an armored vehicle next to the Melia Hanoi Hotel, where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is staying for his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Vietnamese police prepare in front of the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi in the city's Hoan Kiem district on Wednesday, where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet later in the day to begin their second summit. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

A Vietnamese policeman on guard outside the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi on Wednesday, where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump will kick off their second summit. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

A woman waves the national flags of the United States and France outside the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi on Wednesday, where the second summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump is being held. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Hanoi residents, neither profusely excited nor gloomy over the historic second summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump, fill the local neighborhood on Wednesday evening near the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, where the two-day meeting is being held. Korea Times photos by Choi Won-suk