Legal harmonisation creates a basis for the formation of a rules-based regional connectivity institution and an ASEAN community united in diversity, held experts at a conference themed “Legal harmonisation of among ASEAN countries towards enhancing comprehensive and sustainable development” held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 10.

The Vietnam-Japan friendship and cooperation is growing soundly across all spheres with increasingly strengthened political trust, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long remarked while receiving President Sugiyama Naoshi of Japan’s Nagoya University in Hanoi on June 25.

Vietnamese Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long and his Lao counterpart Phayvy Siboualypha signed a judicial assistance agreement on civil affairs under the witness of the two Prime Ministers in Vientiane, Laos on January 11, within the framework of PM Pham Minh Chinh’s Lao visit from January 11-12.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the 14th meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform in Hanoi on December 18 to review its 2021 activities and launch tasks next year.

Election constitutes a fundamental, sacred and noble right of the people in the modern world today, reflecting the degree of state democracy, social consensus as well as political, legal and cultural identities of each nation.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is head of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform, chaired a meeting discussing the building of several key legal training institutions on April 28.

Vietnam needs a number of mechanisms to ensure the enforcement of the 2015 Penal Code regulations regarding the act of bribing foreign public officials, according to a study carried out by the UNDP in Vietnam and the Hanoi Law University.

Vietnam hopes for New Zealand’s cooperation and support in training personnel and enhancing capacity for judicial officials to meet international integration requirements.

Vietnam should learn from other countries’ experience and clarify its specific demand and circumstance to select the most appropriate model for a national human rights body, an expert has said.