Upon authorization, special envoy of the DPRK government Ri Ho Jun, charge d'affaires ad interim of the DPRK embassy in Hanoi, visited the venue of the state funeral on July 25 and laid the wreath with a ribbon bearing the august name of Kim Jong Un before the bier of Nguyen Phu Trong.

On a ribbon of the wreath were letters reading "I mourn Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong".

The special envoy met the bereaved family of the deceased and officials concerned of the Communist Party and Foreign Ministry of Vietnam and expressed sympathy, hoping that the Vietnamese government and people would overcome the pain of loss and continue to dynamically advance the socialist cause.

The widow of Nguyen Phu Trong and relevant officials of the Communist Party and Foreign Ministry of Vietnam expressed deep gratitude to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un for sending a wreath to the bier of the deceased.

Officials of the Vietnamese party and government expressed their will to make positive efforts to develop the bilateral relations in conformity with the spirit of the agreement reached at the historic Hanoi summit in March 2019.