Hanoi, Oct. 8 -- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu has said that the upcoming visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam marks an important milestone in the bilateral relations.

At the invitation of General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and President of the State Affairs of the DPRK Kim Jong Un, General Secretary Lam will pay a state visit to the DPRK and attend a ceremony celebrating the 80th founding anniversary of the WPK from October 9-11. This is his first visit to the DPRK in his new position and the first state visit by a General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam to the DPRK in 18 years.

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