The Vietnamese party, state and army feel grateful and always remember the strong support the Korean party, state and army rendered to the Vietnamese people in the anti-U.S. national salvation struggle, he stressed.

President Ho Chi Minh and President Kim Il Sung provided the relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries, he said, adding: We will further develop the exchange and cooperation with the comradely and fraternal KPA.

He expressed belief that the Korean people would surely build a great prosperous and powerful socialist nation under the leadership of Kim Jong Il.