▲ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R) poses for a photo with Vietnam's Communist Party chief To Lam during a welcome ceremony in Pyongyang on Oct. 9, 2025, for the Vietnamese leader, who arrived in the North Korean capital to participate in celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, in this file photo released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency the next day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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N. Korea, Vietnam hold talks over cooperation on public security, law enforcement

SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) -- The security ministers from North Korea and Vietnam held talks in Pyongyang over the weekend to discuss ways to expand cooperation on public security and law enforcement, Pyongyang's state media reported Monday.

The North's Public Security Minister Pang Tu-sop met with his Vietnamese counterpart, Luong Tam Quang, on Sunday, and they exchanged "the successes and experience gained by the public security organizations … in the field of law enforcement," according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

They also "discussed the issues of expanding and developing bilateral exchange and cooperation," the report said.

The Vietnamese delegation arrived in Pyongyang on Saturday, the latest in a string of Hanoi officials to make the trip to North Korea.

Last month, Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung visited Pyongyang, meeting Jo Yong-won, chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly's standing committee, and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui.

That visit followed a summit in October between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Vietnamese President To Lam -- the first visit by a top Vietnamese leader to the North in 18 years. The two countries have been moving steadily closer since the summit.

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