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Vietnamese President to visit North Korea
Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong will make a state visit to North Korea in May at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, a government official said on Wednesday.
Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong will make a state visit to North Korea in May at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, a government official said on Wednesday.
Luong will be the first Vietnamese head of state to visit North Korea since Vo Chi Cong travelled there in 1988, he said.
North Korea and Vietnam were close allies until relations began cooling in the early 1980s, with North Korea backing the Cambodian Khmer Rouge government, which was ousted by invading Vietnamese forces in 1979, and Hanoi's establishment of diplomatic ties with South Korea in 1992. Relations between the two countries among the few remaining Communist states in the world have warmed recently. Bureau Report
Luong will be the first Vietnamese head of state to visit North Korea since Vo Chi Cong travelled there in 1988, he said.
North Korea and Vietnam were close allies until relations began cooling in the early 1980s, with North Korea backing the Cambodian Khmer Rouge government, which was ousted by invading Vietnamese forces in 1979, and Hanoi's establishment of diplomatic ties with South Korea in 1992. Relations between the two countries among the few remaining Communist states in the world have warmed recently. Bureau Report