On the occasion of the 11th demise anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il, the Vietnamese and Lao diplomatic representatives and staffs of their embassies in the DPRK laid floral baskets before the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il and paid highest tribute to them on December 17. 

Written on the ribbons of the baskets were the letters reading “Highest Tribute to the Great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” and “The Great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il Will Always Be with Us.”