Vietnam, Singapore to intensify judicial cooperation
Chief Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam and his Singaporean counterpart Sundaresh Menon have agreed to intensify judicial cooperation between Vietnam and Singpore.
Chief Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
Singapore (VNA) – Chief Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam and his Singaporean counterpart Sundaresh Menon agreed to intensify judicial cooperation between Vietnam and Singapore during their talks on July 25.
The two chief justices held talks within the framework of the 6th Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (CACJ) meeting and related meetings which areunderway in Singapore from July 24 – 27.
Speaking at the talks, Chief Justice of theSupreme Court of Singapore Sundaresh Menon suggested establishing a channel betweenthe two sides for information exchange on transnational disputes, and settingup cooperation between the Singapore International Commercial Court and theSupreme People’s Court of Vietnam.
He also proposed the two sides to together develop modelrules on the service abroad of judicial documents in civil matters, considerthe signing of a document guiding the enforcement of money judgments, andpromote the signing of an MoU for partnership between Singapore JudicialCollege and Vietnam Court Academy.
Binh, for his part, voiced his support for his host’sproposals. At the same time, he asked the Singaporean side to send experiencedjudges to train judicial lecturers in Vietnam, and to assist Vietnam informulating a bill on court-based conciliation.
He also congratulated the Singapore InternationalCommercial Court on its recent achievements, saying he will help improveawareness of the court among Vietnamese enterprises.
Vietnam highly appreciates the coordination and supportthe Supreme Court of Singapore has given to its Vietnamese counterpart over thepast several years, particularly in developing the code of ethics forVietnamese judges.
Chief Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh is leading the Vietnamesedelegation to the 6th Council of ASEAN Chief Justices (CACJ) meetingand related meetings.–VNA
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Chief Justice Nguyen Hoa Binh of the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam. (Photo: VNA) 
