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North Korea, Vietnam agree to boost bilateral ties
HANOI, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea and Vietnam said Saturday they have agreed to forge closer cooperation in the sectors of agriculture, culture and tourism, in their first high-level meeting in five years.
The agreement was reached after a meeting of visiting North Korean Premier Kim Yong-il and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
Kim, who is in charge of economic policy, arrived in Hanoi on Friday for a five-day stay, as part of the first leg of a tour to Southeast Asian nations that include Malaysia, Cambodia and Laos.
Vietnam has shifted to a market economy since the mid-1980s and Hanoi's reform is seen by many as a model for North Korea's underdeveloped economy to emulate.
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