Present there on invitation were Choe Hui Chol, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Pak Kyong Il, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and chairman of the DPRK-Vietnam Friendship Association, Mun Jae Chol, vice general director of the General Bureau for Affairs with Diplomatic Corps, officials concerned, staff members of foreign embassies and missions of international bodies here.

Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Viet Hung and embassy officials were on hand.