Ha Thi Khiet said that the relations of friendship and cooperation between the two parties and countries provided by President Ho Chi Minh and President Kim Il Sung are given steady continuity even in the complicated international situation.

The achievements made by the Communist Party and people of Vietnam are associated with the disinterested support of the Korean comrades, he noted, adding that the Vietnamese people always remember this and would invariably boost the friendship and solidarity with the Workers' Party of Korea and people of the DPRK.

He wished the WPK and people of the DPRK greater success in building a thriving nation under the wise guidance of Marshal Kim Jong Un.

Chansy Phosikham referred to the friendshiply and cooperative relations between the two countries provided by Kaysone Phomvihane and Kim Il Sung.

He expressed thanks to the party, government and people of the DPRK for their active support to the Lao people's struggle for national salvation and socialist construction in the past.

The visit to the DPRK provided him an opportunity to know well about it, he said, hoping that the relations of friendship and cooperation between the two parties, states and peoples would boost grow strong as the days go by.