Exchange programme nurtures Vietnam-DPRK friendship

An exchange programme between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s Kieng San Talent Kindergarten and the Vietnam-DPRK Friendship Kindergarten was held in Hanoi on March 27.
Exchange programme nurtures Vietnam-DPRK friendship ảnh 1A class at the Vietnam-DPRK Friendship Kindergarten (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – An exchange programme between the Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea (DPRK)’s Kieng San Talent Kindergarten and the Vietnam-DPRKFriendship Kindergarten was held in Hanoi on March 27.

The event was jointlyheld by the Vietnam-DPRK Friendship Association and Vietnam-DPRK FriendshipKindergarten to celebrate the success of the official friendship visit toVietnam by Chairman of the Workers’ Party and the State Affairs Commission ofthe DPRK Kim Jong-un in late February and early March.

It took place withinthe framework of a working visit to Vietnam of the DPRK-Vietnam FriendshipAssociation delegation, led by its Vice President Ri Kang-juk, who is alsoPrincipal of Kieng San Talent Kindergarten.

Speaking at the event,Principal of Vietnam-DPRK Friendship Kindergarten Ngo Thi Minh Ha said that thekindergarten was presented as a gift by the DPRK to Vietnam on March 8, 1978.Over the past 41 years, the kindergarten has organised many activities to contributeto the bilateral traditional relations, thus becoming a symbol of the twopeoples’ friendship.

The kindergarten nowhas 17 classes with 470 students, Ha stated.

Ri Kang-juk said thatthe DPRK-Vietnam friendship, nurtured by DPRK Chairman Kim Il-sung, VietnamesePresident Ho Chi Minh, and generations of the two countries’ leaders, has been liftedto a new height after the Vietnam visit by DPRK leader Kim Jong-un.

She affirmed thatKieng San Talent Kindergarten’s staff will do their utmost to boost thebilateral relations.

At the event, the twokindergartens’ teachers and students presented art performances praising theVietnam-DPRK friendship. –VNA 
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