Seoul, Aug. 11 -- President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Lee Jae Myung and his spouse hosted an official welcome ceremony at the Yongsan Presidential Office on August 11 morning for General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam and his spouse, who are on a four-day state visit to the East Asian country. A military band played the national anthems of both countries, and 21-cannon salute was fired during the ceremony, showing the RoK's high regard for the visit by the Vietnamese Party leader, his spouse and the high-ranking delegation. Then the two leaders reviewed the guard of honour.

Since the two countries established their diplomatic ties in 1992, the bilateral relationship has become a model of a...