Truong Thi Mai, permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and head of the Party Central Committee’s Organization Commission of Vietnam, hosted a reception for a delegation of North Korea’s Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in Hanoi on Tuesday.

The delegation, led by Kim Song Nam, director of the International Department of the WPK Central Committee, is paying a visit to Vietnam from Monday to Thursday this week.

Mai spoke highly of the WPK delegation’s visit to Vietnam, during which time both nations will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Vietnam-North Korea diplomatic relationship in 2025.

The senior Vietnamese Party official expressed her belief that the Party, government, and people of North Korea will achieve further success in developing its economy and enhancing the people’s lives, under the leadership of the WPK Central Committee.

Mai stressed that the Vietnamese Party, state, and people attach great importance to the traditional friendship and cooperation with their North Korean counterparts.

She also spoke highly of the outcome of talks between the senior North Korean Party official and Le Hoai Trung, head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, on Monday, as well as discussed plans for cooperation between the two countries in the upcoming period.

She suggested that the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations and the WPK Central Committee’s International Department should continue to fulfill their advisory role in promoting the relations between the two countries and their Parties.

Speaking at the reception, Kim expressed his contentment in witnessing Vietnam’s socioeconomic achievements under the leadership of the CPV led by Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong.

Kim affirmed that the Party and government of North Korea attach great importance to the traditional relationship with Vietnam.

On Monday, during his talks with Kim in Hanoi, Le Hoai Trung said that both sides should bolster all-level exchanges to enhance mutual understanding and strengthen the relations between the two countries, two Parties in various fields.

Trung also recommended that both sides effectively implement the existing cooperation mechanisms, boost cultural, artistic, sports, and people-to-people exchanges, and tighten cooperation at multilateral forums.

For his part, Kim highlighted that the visit to Vietnam is expected to further strengthen the friendship and cooperation between the two countries and Parties.

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