Pyongyang, February 21 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Saturday:

- The second-day sitting of the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea took place. (photos accompanied)

- The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam sent a congratulatory message to the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea.

- The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea received congratulatory messages from the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

- Successes are being made in different economic sectors and units and parts of the country.

- Graduates of senior middle schools in Kaesong Municipality have volunteered for the Korean People's Army.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article says that the WPK is not content with the work for the people.

- An airplane carrying the benevolent gift of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un flew for a student of a branch school on an islet.

Minju Joson

- An article says that the Korean people living under the benevolent care are the happiest and most proud people in the world. -0-