Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong (R) receives Chairman of the the Workers’ Party of Korea and the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK Kim Jong Un during the latter's official visit to Vietnam in March 2019. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese leaders have exchanged messages of congratulations with leaders of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on the occasion of the 70th founding anniversary of the Vietnam- DPRK diplomatic ties (January 31).
The well-wishers are Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, and Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK Kim Jong Un, DPRK Prime Minister Kim Jae Ryong, and Chairman of the Supreme People’s Assembly Pak Thae Song.
In their messages, the Vietnamese leaders highlighted the traditional friendship between the two Parties and States in the past seven decades, which was built and nurtured by President Ho Chi Minh and President Kim Il Sung. The ties have been elevated since the official visit to Vietnam by President Kim Jong Un in March 2019, they wrote.
The Vietnamese Party, State and people always attach much importance and want to consolidate and develop the friendship for the sake of each country’s people, and for regional and global peace, stability, cooperation and development.
Meanwhile, the DPRK leaders said the Vietnam – DPRK relations have been continuously consolidated and promoted in the cause of socialism building. They expressed their belief that the traditional friendship will be enhanced and developed in a deeper fashion in the time ahead.
On the occasion, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh also exchanged a congratulatory message with DPRK Foreign Minister Ro Son Gwon./.
VNA
