General Secretary To Lam's visit to North Korea has many very special meanings.

Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu affirmed that General Secretary To Lam's state visit to North Korea and attendance at the 80th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea has many very special meanings.

The visit will be an important milestone.

At the invitation of General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Jong Un, General Secretary To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation will pay a state visit to the DPRK and attend the ceremony to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea from October 9-11.

General Secretary To Lam

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Answering the press before the visit, Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu affirmed that this visit has many very special meanings.

"This is Comrade To Lam's first visit to North Korea as General Secretary and the first state visit by the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam to North Korea in 18 years. The visit takes place at a time when the two countries are practically celebrating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations (1950 - 2025) and the Vietnam - North Korea Friendship Year 2025, vividly demonstrating the importance that the two Parties and two States attach to the traditional friendship between Vietnam and North Korea," said Mr. Nguyen Minh Vu.

According to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, this visit continues to affirm Vietnam's consistent foreign policy of valuing relations with traditional friends. North Korea is one of the first countries in the world to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam (since 1950).

"This is a traditional friendship that was painstakingly cultivated by President Ho Chi Minh, President Kim Il Sung and generations of leaders of the two countries. During the struggle for national liberation, North Korea was also a country that stood side by side and helped Vietnam. Vietnam has always supported and accompanied North Korea in difficult times," Mr. Nguyen Minh Vu emphasized.

The visit is a very important occasion for the top leaders of the two Parties and two countries to discuss and agree on strategic orientations to inherit and promote the traditional friendship between the two Parties and two countries, strengthen bilateral cooperation in the new period in accordance with relevant international regulations and meet the aspirations and wishes of the people of the two countries, especially in areas such as health, culture, sports, people-to-people exchange, and agricultural cooperation.

Besides, as an active and responsible member of the international community, with this visit, Vietnam continues to demonstrate its consistent support for trends, efforts and contributions to peace, stability and development cooperation on the Korean peninsula, in the region and in the world.

"With such significance and importance, I firmly believe that General Secretary To Lam's state visit will be an important milestone, contributing to further enhancing the effectiveness of bilateral cooperation between the two Parties and two countries, meeting the aspirations and wishes of the two peoples, and at the same time contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world," Mr. Nguyen Minh Vu emphasized.

"This historic visit will create new results for the relationship between the two countries"

Assessing the Vietnam - North Korea relationship in recent times, Deputy Minister Nguyen Minh Vu affirmed that in recent years, despite objective difficulties due to the international and regional situation, with the foundation of long-standing traditional friendship and the will and desire for continuous cooperation between the two countries, the Vietnam - North Korea relationship continues to develop stably and firmly and has achieved a number of encouraging and outstanding results.

Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu

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First of all, the two sides maintained high-level delegation exchanges and activities, with a special highlight being the official friendship visit to Vietnam by General Secretary and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Jong Un in March 2019.

Over the past time, senior leaders and all levels of the two countries have maintained contact and exchange in flexible forms such as sending letters and telegrams to each other during important events of each country, thereby strengthening the friendship and political trust between the two sides.

The two sides have signed a number of bilateral cooperation agreements in the fields of culture, health, civil aviation, judicial assistance, investment promotion and protection, double taxation avoidance, etc.; maintained a number of dialogue and cooperation mechanisms such as the Political Consultation at the Deputy Foreign Minister level, the Intergovernmental Committee on Economic - Trade, Science - Technology Cooperation on the basis of suitability to the needs of each country as well as international regulations.

Cultural cooperation and people-to-people exchange are bright spots in the friendly relations between the two countries, with diverse forms such as exchanges of art and cultural delegations, sports exchanges, participation in the annual Spring Arts Festival, and the Pyongyang International Film Festival.

Exchange activities between people's organizations are maintained and expanded, especially activities within the framework of the Vietnam - Korea Friendship Year 2025 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, thereby helping people of the two countries, especially the young generation, to understand more deeply the traditional and good friendship between the two Parties, States and peoples.

"With the above good cooperation results and the goodwill and efforts of both sides, we believe that this historic visit will create new achievements for the relationship between the two countries," said Mr. Nguyen Minh Vu.

The Deputy Foreign Minister emphasized that this is also a very important occasion for the two sides to share in a substantive, sincere and frank manner about the international and regional situation of mutual concern, and to make responsible and constructive contributions to promoting dialogue, maintaining peace, cooperation and development on the Korean peninsula, in the region and in the world.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/chuyen-tham-trieu-tien-cua-tong-bi-thu-to-lam-mang-nhieu-y-nghia-rat-dac-biet-185251007230620408.htm