U.S. President Donald Trump holds meeting with Vietnamese President

US President Donald Trump held a separate meeting with Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong on Wednesday noon in Hanoi, hours before he is scheduled to have a dinner with the DPRK top leader Kim Jong-un.

President Donald Trump meets Vietnamese President Nguyen Phu Trong at the Presidential Palace, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Hanoi. [Photo: AP /Evan Vucci]

They are expected to sign big trade deals today.

Trump will also meet Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc later on the day, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.