Donald Trump went to Vietnam to celebrate his second summit with Kim Jong-un

Donald Trump left this Monday from Washington to Vietnam for his second summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, shortly after launching a new call for the denuclearization of North Korea.

The US presidential plane, the Air Force One, took off from Andrews Base, near Washington, at 12:34 pm local time (17:34 GMT). The president is scheduled to meet Kim on Wednesday and Thursday in Hanoi. eight months after their first meeting in Singapore.

Shortly before leaving the White House, Trump spoke optimistically about what he hoped to be. an "extraordinary summit"and repeated that the intention of the White House was the total "denuclearization" of the peninsula.

"With the complete denuclearization, North Korea will quickly become an economic power, without it, more than ever," said the president on Twitter, a few hours earlier.

Trump met Kim for the last time eight months ago in Singapore, during a historic meeting at which they signed a joint agreement.

Despite US expectations, Trump said Sunday that sanctions imposed on Pyongyang missiles and nuclear tests would be maintained.

"The sanctions are in force, everything is underway. But we have a special feeling and I think it will lead to something very good. Maybe not, "he said.

"I do not want to rush anyone, I just do not want to do any tests, as long as there is no evidence, we are happy."

Pyongyang insists that it has already taken such measures, not testing ballistic missiles or nuclear weapons for more than a year.

But at the same time, the North Korean regime says that He completed the development of his arsenal and said the facilities are no longer needed.

At the summit last June, the two leaders signed a joint agreement in which their countries commit to work for a "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula".

However, the lack of progress since then has led to criticism that leaders were only after the headlines and short-term gains.