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Vietnamese Party leader pays floral tributes to DPRK leaders

The Vietnamese leader expressed his deep emotion at visiting the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun – the eternal resting place of the two great leaders of the DPRK, who were close friends and comrades of the Party, State, and people of Vietnam.

Party General Secretary To Lam and the Vietnamese delegation pay tribute to President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary of the Worker’s Party of Korea Kim Jong Il at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang on October 10. (Photo: VNA)
Party General Secretary To Lam and the Vietnamese delegation pay tribute to President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary of the Worker’s Party of Korea Kim Jong Il at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang on October 10. (Photo: VNA)

Pyongyang (VNA) – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation laid flowers in tribute to President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary of the Worker’s Party of Korea (WPK) Kim Jong Il at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang on October 10.

This was part of the Vietnamese Party leader’s ongoing state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and attendance at the ceremony marking the 80th founding anniversary of the WPK (October 10, 1945–2025).

General Secretary Lam and his entourage later visited an exhibition room displaying artifacts of President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il.

Writing in the guestbook there, the Vietnamese leader expressed his deep emotion at visiting the palace – the eternal resting place of the two great leaders of the DPRK, who were close friends and comrades of the Party, State, and people of Vietnam. They devoted their entire lives to the independence, freedom, and socialism of the DPRK and laid the cornerstone for the development of the relationship and solidarity between the two countries.

The Party chief of Vietnam expressed gratitude to and appreciated the significant support by the WPK, the State, and people of the DPRK under the leadership of the past leaders, and currently General Secretary of the WPK and President of State Affairs Kim Jong Un, to the Party, State, and people of Vietnam in safeguarding, building, and developing the country.

He pledged to dedicate efforts to further strengthening Vietnam – DPRK cooperation and solidarity to meet their national interests and bring about prosperity and well-being to their peoples, contributing to peace and stability in the region and the world.

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Party General Secretary To Lam visits Mangyongdae, the hometown of President Kim Il Sung, on October 10. (Photo: VNA)

Later the same day, General Secretary Lam and the Vietnamese delegation visited Mangyongdae – the hometown of President Kim Il Sung, and a museum on music development which comprehensively and visually presents the historical development of the revolutionary music art in the country ./.

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