President of State Affairs Kim Jong Un receives congratulatory letter from Vietnamese party leader
In the message the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam extended warm congratulations on behalf of the party, state and people of Vietnam to
The message said the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is one of the countries with which the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (the Socialist Republic of Vietnam today) established diplomatic relations before others, and continued:
In the past course spanning 75 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the traditional relations of friendship between Vietnam and the DPRK, which were personally provided by President Ho Chi Minh and President
The top-level visits between the two sides contributed to laying a solid foundation for the bilateral relations and in particular, the official goodwill visit to Vietnam in March 2019 paid by General Secretary
Vietnam has maintained its external line to become a reliable friend and partner and an active and responsible member of the international community while making its external line and relations of independence, sovereignty, peace, friendship, cooperation and development multilateral and diverse on its own initiative and actively despite the complicated and rapid changes of the global and regional situation.
The Vietnamese party, state and people always attach importance to the traditional relations of friendship with the party, government and people of the DPRK and always value the support and solidarity given by the Korean comrades to the cause of national liberation, state building and national defence in Vietnam.
The party, state and people of Vietnam have always observed with care the successes made by the party, government and people of the DPRK in all aspects in recent years, including the work to prevent and control epidemic diseases, overcome the aftermath of natural disasters, develop the economy and society and improve the people's living standards, and sincerely congratulate them.
Such successes are associated with the will and determination of the Korean comrades to implement the decisions of the Eighth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea.
We are convinced that the Korean people will victoriously attain the goals for socialist economic construction on reliance of self-development, development of a prosperous state and improvement of the people's standard of living under the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea headed by General Secretary
We are making every effort, together with you, to steadily cultivate and develop the traditional relations of friendship between the two parties and two countries in conformity with the bilateral interests and peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the rest of the world, the message said.
The message expressed firm belief that under the meticulous care and guidance of the leaders of the two parties and two countries, both sides will mark a new milestone in the course of the traditional relations of friendship between Vietnam and the DPRK by holding celebrations for the year 2025 of friendship between Vietnam and the DPRK jointly and successfully through significant exchanges and cooperative activities.
It extended warm greetings to General Secretary
It also wished the party, state and people of the DPRK fresh and greater successes in accomplishing the cause of socialist construction.