Pyongyang, April 7 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Tuesday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a congratulatory message to the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party who is president of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

- The National Photo Exhibition opened to celebrate the 114th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.

- Comrade Kim Jong Un sent birthday spreads to women in Thosan County of North Hwanghae Province and Hoeryong City of North Hamgyong Province on their 100th birthdays.

- The third workshop for chief secretaries of city and county committees of the Workers' Party of Korea took place.

- An article marks World Health Day.

Rodong Sinmun

- Rural housing construction planned for this year started one after another in different parts of the country.

- Women's union organizations in Pyongyang held meetings to congratulate the senior middle school graduates on volunteering to join the People's Army.

- An article says that Europe is openly expressing its distrust and antipathy to the U.S.

Minju Joson

- The DPRK premier received a congratulatory message from the prime minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

- The DPRK foreign minister received a congratulatory message from her Vietnamese counterpart.

- An article says it is inevitable that the Western-style democracy is rejected by mankind. -0-