Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong hosts a banquet in honour of DPRK President Kim Jong Un in March 2019. (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also sent a similar congratulatory message to DPRK Prime Minister Kim Tok Hun.

In their messages, the Vietnamese leaders congratulated the Korean people on the achievements they have recorded in building and developing the country, including in effective COVID-19 prevention and post-pandemic economic recovery.

“We believe that with the joint efforts of the leaders and people of both Vietnam and the DPRK, the relationship between the two countries will continue to be strengthened and developed in the coming time,” they said in the messages.

On this occasion, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son also sent a congratulatory message to his DPRK counterpart Choe Son Hui./.