Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- Delegations of Vietnam consisting of more than 100 personages visited the DPRK embassy in Hanoi on Tuesday to mourn the demise of leader Kim Jong Il.

They were delegations of the C.C., Communist Party, the government, the Commission for External Affairs of the C.C., Communist Party, the C.C., Fatherland Front and the General Office of the Presidency, a joint delegation of the Preparatory Committee for Commemorating the Centenary of Birth of President Kim Il Sung, the Union of Friendship Organizations, the Vietnam-DPRK Friendship Association and the Vietnam-DPRK Friendship Club and a delegation of the Hanoi Union of Friendship Organizations.

The delegations laid large wreaths before the portrait of Kim Jong Il before paying a silent tribute to him.

Le Hong Anh, member of the Political Bureau and standing secretary of the Secretariat of the C.C., Communist Party of Vietnam, and Pham Binh Minh, member of the C.C., CPV and foreign minister, wrote in the condolence book that they express deep condolences over the demise of Kim Jong Il and believe that the Korean people will overcome sorrow and display courage to build a powerful and prosperous nation in single-minded unity.