Determining that disseminating and educating the law is an important task, closely linked to practical life, up to now, 100% of communes and towns in Lac Son district have been arranged with law bookcases. In Vu Binh commune, the legal bookcase is arranged at the Commune Cultural House - a convenient place for people to read and look up. The bookcase currently has many diverse books in the fields: Land Law, Marriage and Family Law, Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence, Road Traffic Law, Complaints Law, Reprimand Law, Environmental Protection Law... along with common documents such as legal handbooks, frequently asked and answered legal situations.
Sharing about the effectiveness of the bookcase, Mr. Bui Van Dan - Chairman of Vu Binh Commune People's Committee said: "In the era of technological development, many people can look up the law via phone and computer. But for the elderly or those who still have difficulty in using technology, books are still an important channel to access accurate and accurate information".
Mr. Dan added that many people when coming to the commune to do administrative procedures or wait for their children to be vaccinated, have health check-ups... also stop by to read books, creating good habits in the community.
Not only at the government level, but local people are also gradually forming the habit of looking up the law through books. Mr. Bui Van Cu - a prestigious person in Cai hamlet - shared: "I often read books here to learn more knowledge. As a prestigious person in the community, I need to have accurate information to mobilize and propagate to the people in the neighborhood, especially when there are small disputes that need to be reconciled." Legal books not only help Mr. Cau supplement knowledge but also improve mediation skills, creating consensus in the community.
Not only Vu Binh, in many other communes in the district, the law bookcase is also playing an active role. In An Nghia commune, the bookcase is regularly maintained, with diverse books. Mr. Bui Van Nam, Bom hamlet, recalled: "Once I needed to learn about the Land Law to do procedures to give land to my children, but I was not familiar with using a smartphone. I went to the commune, borrowed books from the law bookcase to read, then took notes of the necessities. Thanks to that, I understand the process and procedures".
From the practical implementation in communes, it can be seen that the construction of legal bookcases is practical, especially in ethnic minority areas - where access to technology and the internet is still limited. According to Ms. Bui Thi Ha, Head of the Lac Son District Judicial Department, the commune-level legal bookcase is one of the effective tools to support the work of propagating and disseminating the law.
Many grassroots mediation groups, village cadres, and prestigious people use books as handbooks when handling cases or propagating in meetings of the people and community activities, Ms. Ha shared.
However, Ms. Ha also frankly acknowledged that in some places, the exploitation of legal bookcases is still limited because they are not arranged in convenient locations or documents have not been updated regularly. Since then, Lac Son district has directed localities to increase propaganda and introduce bookcases to people, while gradually combining them with the application of electronic legal bookcases, expanding cross-platform access, suitable for the needs of each target group.
