Pyongyang, November 17 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of sympathy to Nguyen Minh Triet, Vietnamese President, on Nov. 16 in connection with the fact that heavy rain and flood hit several regions of Vietnam, causing huge human and material losses.

Kim in the message expressed the belief that the Vietnamese government and people would eradicate the aftermath of the natural disaster and bring the living of inhabitants in afflicted areas to normal as soon as possible.