The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un in the message expressed deep thanks to Nguyen Phu Trong and Nguyen Xuan Phuc for sending their ardent and inspiring congratulations and best wishes on the occasion of the 73rd founding anniversary of the DPRK.

The message expressed the belief that the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the two parties and two countries which entered a new high stage would steadily develop in the future, too, in keeping with the aspiration and desire of the peoples of the two countries.

It sincerely wished the Vietnamese party and state leaders great successes in their responsible work for the strengthening of the party and achieving the country's prosperity and development.