Nguyen Van Lich, military attache of the Vietnamese embassy who is doyen of the corps, handed the basket and letter over to KPA Vice Marshal Kim Yong Chun, minister of the People's Armed Forces, on Wednesday.

Meanwhile congratulatory letters to Kim Jong Un from military attaches of embassies of Vietnam, Cuba, Iran, Russia and Egypt and the military, naval and air attache of Chinese embassy were conveyed to an official concerned of the DPRK on the same day.