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Attorneys discuss discipline for ethical rule violators

Attorneys in Vietnam urgently need complete regulations on disciplinary measures to deal with violations of ethical rule and state law among the staff, a seminar was told.
Attorneys in Vietnam urgently need complete regulations ondisciplinary measures to deal with violations of ethical rule and statelaw among the staff, a seminar was told.

Vietnam Bar FederationPresident Le Thuc Anh said the regulations would help ensure thatcorrect, impartial and objective discipline will be given to ethical andlaw violations by attorneys.

The building of regulations ondisciplinary procedures for law and ethics violations by attorneys is inthe spotlight of the two-day seminar opened in the Mekong Delta city ofCan Tho on August 18.

The event isco-organised by the Vietnam Bar Federation (VBF) in partnership with theGovernments of Denmark and Sweden and the European Union throughthe Justice Partnership Programme (JPP).

Vietnam has some 6,000 attorneys who are eligible for practicing law, with over 3,000 in Ho Chi Minh.

Working independently, attorneys need to have a coordinating mechanismand regulation so that management agencies can supervise theiroperation effectively.

The seminar brought together delegatesfrom the VBF Standing Committee, the National Council of Lawyers and theCommittee of Supervision of Ethics, Awards and Discipline.

Representativesfrom relevant ministries and associations from 62 cities and provincesnationwide and legal experts from Canada and Japan were alsopresent at the event./.
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