Nguyen Phu Trong in his message extended warm congratulations to Kim Jong Un and, through him, to the party, the state and people of the DPRK, on behalf of the party, the state and people of Vietnam and on his own behalf on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (January 31, 1950-Jaunary 31, 2020).

He said that the traditional friendly relations between the two parties and two countries personally provided and cultivated by President Ho Chi Minh and President Kim Il Sung have been steadily consolidated in the face of trials and challenge of history over the past seven decades and have made new development in the recent years.

In particular, the Chairman's official friendly visit to Vietnam in March 2019 served as an important milestone in the cooperative relations between the two parties and two countries, the message said.

The message reaffirmed that the party, state and people of Vietnam would attach importance to the traditional friendly relations between the two countries and steadily consolidate and develop them in the interests of the two peoples and for peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the rest of the world.

It sincerely wished the Korean people greater new successes in their work for the building and development of the country and the improvement of the living standards of the people under the guidance of the WPK headed by the Chairman.

It wished Kim Jong Un happiness in good health and many successes in his noble work.