Hanoi (VNA) – Chairman of the Workers’ Party and the State AffairsCommission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un voicedhis hope to intensify cooperation with Vietnam in all fields and lift bilateralrelations to a new height, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported onMarch 2.
KCNArun an article about Kim’s official visit to Vietnam from March 1-2 right afterhis second summit with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi.
Theagency cited Kim as saying that through productive meetings between the twoParties and States, the DPRK and Vietnam should normalise bilateralcollaboration and exchanges in all aspects, from economy, science andtechnology, defence, sports, culture and arts, to advertisement and communications,and at the same time upgrade the relationship to a new height.
OnMarch 1, the DPRK leader held talks with General Secretary of the CommunistParty of Vietnam Central Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong at the Presidential Palace inthe Vietnamese capital city. He also had meetings with Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.
Kimis the first DPRK leader who has paid an official visit to Vietnam after 55years. Earlier, the founder of the DPRK Kim Il-sung visited Vietnam in 1958 and1964.-VNA