Việt Nam - North Korea promote traditional friendship

16/05/2026
00:58

Special envoy of Party General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm and Minister of Foreign Affairs Lê Hoài Trung held talks with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea Jo Yong-won on 15 May.

Việt Nam - North Korea promote traditional friendship

Việt Nam - North Korea promote traditional friendship

Politics 00:58

Special envoy of Party General Secretary and State President Tô Lâm and Minister of Foreign Affairs Lê Hoài Trung held talks with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea Jo Yong-won on 15 May.

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