Present there on invitation were Han Man Hyok, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Sung Chan, president of Kim Il Sung University who is chairman of the DPRK-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Group, Pak Sang Gil, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Pak Kyong Il, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, and officials concerned.

Members of the Vietnamese embassy were on hand.

Speeches were made at the reception.