📋 Tender Overview
Accepting the invitation of General Secretary of the Workers Party of Korea, Chairman of the State Council of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Kim Jong Un, General Secretary To Lam and the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation will pay a state visit to North Korea and attend the 80th Anniversary of the founding of the Korean Workers Party from October 9-11, 2025. According to Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu, this visit has many special meanings. Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu gave an interview to the press on the occasion of General Secretary To Lams State visit to North Korea. The visit has 3 very important meanings and purposes. Please tell the Deputy Minister the meaning and purpose of the State visit to North Korea and attending the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Workers Party by General Secretary To Lam? Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu: Receiving the invitation of the General Secretary of the Korean Workers Party, Chairman of the State Council of the Peoples Republic Korean Peoples Leader Kim Jong Un, General Secretary To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation will pay a state visit to North Korea and attend the 80th Anniversary of the founding of the Korean Workers Party from October 9-11, 2025. This visit has many very special meanings, it is comrade To Lams first visit to North Korea as General Secretary and the first state-level visit of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam to North Korea after 18 years. The visit took place right on the occasion when the two countries were practically celebrating the 75th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations (1950 - 2025) and the Vietnam - North Korea Friendship Year 2025, vividly demonstrating the importance of the two Parties and two States for the traditional friendship between Vietnam and North Korea. This visit has three very important meanings and purposes: First of all, this visit continues to affirm Vietnams consistent foreign policy of valuing relations with traditional friends. North Korea was one of the first countries in the world to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam (since 1950). This is a traditional friendly relationship that President Ho Chi Minh, President Kim Il Sung and generations of leaders of the two countries have diligently nurtured. During the national liberation struggle, North Korea also stood by and helped Vietnam. Vietnam also always supports and accompanies North Korea in difficult times. Second, the visit is a very important opportunity for the top leaders of the two Parties and countries to exchange and agree on strategic directions to inherit and promote the traditional friendly relationship between the two Parties and countries, strengthen bilateral cooperation in the new period in accordance with relevant international regulations and meet the aspirations and desires of the two peoples, especially in fields such as health, culture, can sports, people-to-people exchanges, and agricultural cooperation. Third, as an active and responsible member of the international community, with this visit, Vietnam continues to show consistent support for trends, efforts and contributions to peace, stability, and development cooperation on the Korean Peninsula, in the region and in the world. With those meanings and importance, on the foundation of the traditional friendship between Vietnam and North Korea over the past 75 years, I believe thought for sure that the State-level visit of General Secretary To Lam and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation will be an important milestone, contributing to further improving the effectiveness of bilateral cooperation between the two Parties and two countries, meeting the aspirations and desires of the two peoples and contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world. Vietnam - North Korea relations continue to develop stably and firmly. Please assess the Vietnam - North Korea relations over the past time. period What are the Deputy Ministers expectations about this business trip of the General Secretary? Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu: In recent years, although there have been objective difficulties due to the international and regional situation, with the foundation of long-standing traditional friendship and the will and desire for seamless cooperation between the two countries, Vietnam - North Korea relations continue to develop stably and firmly and achieve a number of encouraging and outstanding achievements. First of all, the two sides maintain exchange activities. level union high and all levels with a special highlight being the official friendly visit to Vietnam by General Secretary and Chairman of the North Korean State Council Kim Jong Un in March 2019. In recent times, senior leaders and all levels of the two countries have maintained contact and exchanged flexible forms such as sending letters and telegrams to each other during important events in each country, thereby strengthening the friendship and political trust between the two sides. The two sides have signed a number of bilateral cooperation agreements in the fields of culture, health, civil aviation transport, mutual legal assistance, investment encouragement and protection, and avoidance of double taxation...; Maintain a number of dialogue and cooperation mechanisms such as Political Consultation at the Deputy Foreign Minister level, the Intergovernmental Committee on economic - trade, scientific - technical cooperation on a basis appropriate to needs.each countrys regulations as well as international regulations. Cultural cooperation and people-to-people exchanges are bright spots in the friendship between the two countries with diverse forms such as art and cultural troupe exchanges, sports exchanges, participation in the annual Spring Arts Festival, and the Pyongyang International Film Festiv
