Pyongyang, July 20 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, sent a message of condolence to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam on July 19.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un in the message expressed deep condolences, on behalf of the Workers' Party of Korea, the government and all the people of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and on his own behalf, to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Vietnamese people and the bereaved family of the deceased, upon hearing the sad news that Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, passed away.

The message said that Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong, true to the idea and desire of Comrade Ho Chi Minh, devotedly struggled for the strengthening and development of the party and state of Vietnam and the well-being of its people and made great efforts to further develop the friendly and cooperative relations between the DPRK and Vietnam in conformity with the spirit of the agreement reached at the Hanoi summit in March 2019.

Although he passed away, his immortal exploits will be etched in the history of the Vietnamese people’s revolutionary struggle and the history of friendship between the two countries, the message said.

The message expressed belief that the party, government and people of Vietnam would overcome the pain of loss and continue to dynamically advance the socialist cause. -0-