Vietnam, DPRK urged to further foster judicial cooperation
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has suggested that Vietnam and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) should tighten and consolidate judicial cooperation in the time ahead.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (right) and President of the DPRK’s Central Court Kang Yun Sok (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – VicePresident Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has suggested that Vietnam and the DemocraticPeople’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) should tighten and consolidate judicialcooperation in the time ahead.
Thinh made the suggestionwhile receiving President of the DPRK’s Central Court Kang Yun Sok in Hanoi on May 10.
The twosides should exchange initiatives and experience in judicial reform, courtsystem improvement, and legal procedure modernisation, she said.
Vietnam andthe DPRK signed an agreement on judicial assistance, Thinh said, adding thatVietnam’s Supreme People’s Procuracy and the DPRK Central Procurator’s Office also inked a cooperationpact.
Thetwo countries reached many important agreements in the fields of culture,science-technology, health care, trade, navigation, and civil aviationtransportation, she said.
The VicePresident stressed that the DPRK was one of the first countries to set up diplomaticties with Vietnam in 1950, only after China and the former Soviet Union. Overthe years, the bilateral friendship has been consolidated through high-levelvisits by leaders of the two countries, she added.
Kang echoedThinh’s views in saying that his visit aims to enhance the fruitful friendshipbetween the two countries.
LaudingVietnam’s socio-economic-cultural achievements, he expressed his hope thatapart from traditional cooperation areas, the two countries will shareexperience in judicial affairs, significantly contributing to the developmentof the judicial sector in each country.–VNA
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Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (right) and President of the DPRK’s Central Court Kang Yun Sok (Photo: VNA) 
