Lawyers association urged to play more active role in policy, lawmaking
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 21 stressed that the Vietnam Lawyers Association (VLA) should play a more active role in policy and lawmaking, scientific research in the legal sector, and especially the building and perfection of a rule-of-law socialist state.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the working session. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan Phucon April 21 stressed that the Vietnam Lawyers Association (VLA) should play amore active role in policy and lawmaking, scientific research in the legalsector, and especially the building and perfection of a rule-of-law socialiststate.
Speaking at a working session with representativesfrom the association, Phuc, who is also head of the Central Steering Committee forJudicial Reform, urged the VLA to improve its operational quality and workharder to polularise guidelines of the Party, as well as policies and laws ofthe State, thus raising respect for the law and its observance among thepublic.
The association needs to further contribute tolawyer training, step up international cooperation and take advantage ofsupport from foreign lawyers and friends of Vietnam, he noted.
The President commended the VLA’s proposal tocollect feedback from its members on a project developing a strategy forbuilding and perfecting a rule-of-law socialist State till 2030 withorientations to 2045.
Lauding the association’s performance over the years,Phuc said it has effectively implemented people-to-people diplomacy and internationalcooperation, especially in safeguarding the country’s sovereignty andterritorial integrity.
The association should make greater efforts tofulfill its role as an advisor of the Vietnam Fatherland Front in socialcriticism for legal documents, the leader added.
Established in 1955, the association now has nearly70,000 members who are both experienced and young lawyers./.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the working session. (Photo: VNA) 
