On the morning of October 20, at the National Assembly House, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man received First Grand Judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court of China Zhang Jun, and a delegation of the Supreme People's Court of China who are on a working visit to Vietnam, reported VNA.
The National Assembly Chairman welcomed Chief Justice Zhang Jun and the delegation of the Supreme People's Court of China to visit and work in Vietnam in the context of the very good development of relations between the two Parties, two countries, and two legislative bodies of Vietnam and China.
“The Party, State and National Assembly of Vietnam firmly consider strengthening and developing friendly and cooperative relations with China as a consistent policy, an objective requirement, a strategic choice, and a top priority in the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation and development, multilateralization and diversification of foreign relations,” the National Assembly Chairman emphasized.
Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court of China Zhang Jun said that the Supreme People's Courts of the two countries have had a long-standing cooperative relationship. The two sides regularly exchange experiences in various fields of operation.
During this visit, the two sides discussed and agreed on cooperation activities in the coming time; at the same time, they discussed judicial reform, activities of judicial agencies in the fields of environment, protection of intellectual property rights, application of information technology in judicial activities, bankruptcy, and public interest prosecution.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man stated that in Vietnam, the Supreme People's Court plays a very important role in implementing the "Strategy for building and perfecting the Socialist Rule of Law State of Vietnam to 2030, with a vision to 2045", which includes many important contents related to improving the operational efficiency of the Court system.
The National Assembly Chairman highly appreciated the achievements of the Supreme People's Courts of the two countries in recent times. The two agencies signed a Cooperation Agreement in 2018, which laid the foundation for promoting cooperation activities.
Leaders of the Supreme People's Courts of the two countries regularly visit and work to strengthen cooperation and exchange experiences in trial activities.
To promote cooperation between the two Supreme People's Courts, the National Assembly Chairman suggested that the two sides continue to increase delegation exchanges at all levels to further enhance understanding of each other's legal and judicial systems; and share experiences in judicial reform to serve the building of a socialist rule-of-law state under the leadership of the Communist Party.
Along with that, the two sides continue to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of cooperation, especially at local levels sharing a common border, to meet new requirements in the international integration process of each country in general as well as judicial cooperation between the two countries in particular. The two sides actively coordinate in attending multilateral international forums and conferences of which both sides are members.
