Pyongyang, February 1 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Saturday:

- The people in Orang County of North Hamgyong Province celebrated the inauguration of regional-industry factories.

- Schoolchildren from across the country on the march to trace the course of the 250-mile Journey for National Liberation passed through Kanggye and continued to march toward Phophyong.

- Successes have been made in different economic sectors and units.

- The Vietnamese embassy here gave a reception.

Rodong Sinmun

- The Twelfth Enlarged Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea took place.

- The Eleventh Enlarged Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea was held.

- Upon hearing the decisions of the Eleventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the news of ceaseless inauguration of regional-industry factories, many young people and women across the country volunteered to work at major theaters of socialist construction in January alone.

Minju Joson

- An article says that it is the Korean people's mind of loyalty to hold in high esteem for all ages Chairman Kim Jong Il who had undergone all sorts of hardships for the people all his life.

- The premier and the foreign minister of the DPRK exchanged messages of greeting with their Vietnamese counterparts on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. -0-