North Korea's Kim hopes for strong ties with Hanoi in message to Vietnam's leader
Published: 06 Mar. 2026, 09:29
![North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets with Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary To Lam on Oct. 9, 2025, in this photo carried by the Rodong Sinmun on Oct 10, 2025. In the photo, To is seen on the left and Kim on the right. [NEWS1]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2026/03/06/d2d2d2b6-cc08-4362-ae1f-e67d90f772b3.jpg)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets with Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary To Lam on Oct. 9, 2025, in this photo carried by the Rodong Sinmun on Oct 10, 2025. In the photo, To is seen on the left and Kim on the right. [NEWS1]
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has expressed hope that friendly ties between North Korea and Vietnam will continue to grow strong in his message to Vietnam's leader To Lam, Pyongyang's state media reported Friday.
Kim made the remarks in a reply message sent the previous day to the chief of Vietnam's Communist Party, expressing his thanks to Lam for congratulating him on his re-election as general secretary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea at last month's party congress, according to the Korean Central News Agency.
"Expressing belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between our two parties and two countries will continue to grow strong in the long journey for accomplishing the common socialist cause in the future, too," Kim said in the message.
He said Lam's sincere congratulations serve as "active encouragement" to the WPK's struggle for the socialist cause.
At the weeklong ninth party congress held in February, Kim was re-elected general secretary of the WPK for reinforcing the country's nuclear deterrence under his leadership.
In October last year, Kim and Lam held summit talks in Pyongyang and agreed to expand high-level exchanges and elevate bilateral relations to a higher level.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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