The statement was made by Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung on February 16 while visiting the DPRK Embassy in Hanoi on the occasion of the 80th birthday of General Secretary of the DPRK Worker’s Party Kim Jong-il.

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At the event

During the visit, Trung spoke highly of the contribution by General Secretary Kim Jong-il to the national development of the DPRK as well as the bilateral relations. He also expressed his delight at the growing partnership between the parties, states and people of Vietnam and the DPRK, proposing that the embassy continue to work closely with relevant agencies of Vietnam to promote the ties between the two parties and states as well as people-to-people exchange, while successfully organizing activities to celebrate important events of the two nations.

For his part, Counselor and Chargé d'Affaires of the DPRK Embassy Ri Ho Jun highly appreciated the Vietnamese official’s visit to the embassy and said that he was delighted at the recent progresses in the relationship between the two parties and countries.

He believed that the traditional friendship will further thrive in the time to come.

Translated by Song Anh