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Historic Hanoi Summit Meeting
  The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, paid an official goodwill visit to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam between March 1 and 2, Juche 108(2019).



  It was a historic occasion that invariably defended the history and tradition of friendship between the DPRK and Viet Nam and further developed the bilateral relations in conformity with the demand of the new era.
  During his visit, Kim Jong Un established good friendly relations with the party and state leaders of Viet Nam including Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, and laid a firm foundation to carry forward generation after generation the tradition of friendship between the DPRK and Viet Nam provided by the preceding leaders of the two countries even in the complicated international situation.







  The agreements made in the historic Hanoi summit meeting in March 2019 served as an important milestone in strengthening the strategic cooperation between the DPRK and Viet Nam and the driving force giving a powerful boost to the struggle of the two peoples for socialism.
  Afterwards, strategic understanding between the two parties and two countries was further intensified, mutual support and cooperation were revitalized and bilateral relations are expanded and strengthened in different fields.
  Sending a congratulatory message of his warm greetings to Vo Van Thuong elected as President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam in March Juche 112(2023), Kim Jong Un expressed the belief that the good relations of friendship and cooperation between the two parties and two countries at a new high stage would be further strengthened and developed in the future in keeping with the aspirations and desire of the two peoples.
  In his reply message expressing thanks for it, Vo Van Thuong said he still remembers the official goodwill visit of Kim Jong Un to Viet Nam in March 2019 and he hopes that the traditional friendly relations between the two countries would be further developed in the interests of the two peoples so that they could be conducive to ensuring peace and stability of the region and the world and strengthening cooperation.
  The friendly and cooperative relations between the DPRK and Viet Nam, common wealth of the two peoples, will constantly develop in the future, too.