WASHINGTON: The U.S. State Department has said that the choice of Vietnam as the venue for a second U.S.-North Korea summit shows the possibility of moving beyond conflict, according to a report on Reuters.

The summit is going to be held later this month on Feb. 27-28. State Department spokesman Robert Palladino said that U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun was in Pyongyang to prepare the summit and seeking progress on commitments made at the first meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June.

He also stated that the U.S.-Vietnamese history “reflects the possibility for peace and prosperity.” He, however, did not divulge details on Biegun’s talks in Pyongyang and declined to say how long he would stay there, according to the report.

Trump had on Tuesday announced the plan for his second meeting Kim in his annual State of the Union address, it said. (Agencies)