Minister of Industry and Commerce Vignaket Nam of Laos

northern Hung Yen province which is home to the company's plant.

Pyongyang, October 16 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and conversed with the government delegation of Benin led by Antoine Idji Kolawole, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall yesterday.

Pyongyang, October 16 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, met and conversed with a congratulatory group and delegations of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), which participated in the celebrations of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Sunday.

Kim Yong Nam met and had a conversation with Ludger Volmer, Minister of State of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Germany, and his party.

Pyongyang, October 16 (KCNA) -- Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly who is chairman of the Korean Social Scientists Society, met and conversed with director general Vishwanath, honorary director general Shuhachi Inoue and secretary general Kenichi Ogami of the International Institute of the Juche Idea, on a visit to Korea at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today.

In those days, the spirit of Songgang and Ranam was created and good examples of creation and construction set to ensure that people could leap higher and advance faster.