
During the visit, Binh and his entourage alsolearned about some issues in judicial reform in service of amendments to theLaw on the Organisation of People’s Courts, and the compilation of a law onjustice for juveniles.
They visited Secretary General of The HagueConference on Private International Law (HCCH) Christophe Bernasconi, DeputySecretary General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Martin Doe, and Chairwomanof the Council for Child Protection at the Dutch Ministry of Justice andSecurity Mirjam Zeevaart.
Bernasconi briefed the delegation on the operationof the HCCH that comprises 91 members, including Vietnam.
The two sides exchanged views on issues emerging in theenforcement of international judgements in Vietnam, as well as Vietnam’sjudgements in foreign countries.
They also discussed Bernasconi’s proposals regardingsome conventions which Vietnam would join such as the 2005 Choice of CourtConvention and the 1980 Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.
At the working session with Doe, Binh spoke highlyof the operation of the PCA, especially its recent rulings on international disputes,and stressed that the court’s opening of its representative office in Hanoi demonstratesthe attention it pays to Asia-Pacific and Vietnam in particular.

He called for the court’s consultations for Vietnamin responding to issues relating to territory, economy and trade, and itssupport in law building and personnel training.
For his part, Doe thanked Vietnam for its long-termsupport for the PCA, expressed his hope for good cooperation between Vietnam andthe court in the time ahead, and pledged to help the Southeast Asian nation injudge training.
At the meeting with the Chairwoman of the Councilfor Child Protection, Binh stressed the need to build a law on justice forjuveniles, given shortcomings in law enforcement in reality./.