The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a reply message on the 26th to Comrade To Lam, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

The reply message reads as follows:

 

Hanoi

General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam

President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Comrade To Lam

 

I express my thanks to you for sending heartfelt warm congratulations on the occasion of the 78th founding anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Expressing my conviction that the traditional friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries, which have entered a new stage of development since our meeting held in Pyongyang last October, will be further expanded and developed in keeping with the common interests of the peoples of the two countries, I wish you good health and greater success in your work of leading the Party and the state.

 

General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea

President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Kim Jong Un

October 26, 2026, Pyongyang