Pyongyang, April 7 (KCNA) — Pak Thae Song, premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, received a congratulatory message from Pham Minh Chinh, prime minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, on March 23.

The Vietnamese prime minister in the message extended warm congratulations to Pak Thae Song on his assumption of office as premier of the Cabinet, and said that he is pleased to see the DPRK making successes in the state building and the cause of development.

The message stressed that to confirm the orientations of social and economic development and carry them out at a new stage, with the main emphasis placed on the implementation of the 2026-2030 five-year national economic plan for building a stable and solid foundation for economic growth and improving the people’s living, will as ever provide an important motive force in the development of the DPRK.

It wished the fraternal DPRK people many new continuous successes in their cause of building a prosperous and happy state, hoping that the traditional friendly relations between the two countries would grow stronger.