Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam andThailand are expected to continue the implementation of the memorandum of understanding(MoU) on judicial cooperation between the two countries’ supreme courts, saidVice Chairman of National Assembly (NA) Uong Chu Luu.
NA Vice Chairman voiced his expectations onFebruary 22 while receiving a high-ranking delegation of the Supreme Court ofThailand led by Chief Judge Cheep Jullamon, who are paying a visit to Vietnam.
Luu said that the Vietnamese NA is paying attentionto the role and operation of judicial agencies. The country’s 2013 Constitutionaffirms the court’s central position in the judicial system.
He informed his guest that Vietnam’s NArecently adopted important laws in the judicial sector, including the revised lawon corruption prevention and combat, the law on amnesty, among others.
For his part, Cheep Jullamon said the visitaims to further enhance cooperation between the two countries’ judicialagencies and realise the MoU on collaboration between the two supreme courts.
He believed that the relations between thetwo sides’ courts would become stronger in the time to come. –VNA
Courts urged to speed up judicial reform
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong has stressed the need for courts at all levels to speed up judicial reform and improve the quality of judgment to minimise inaccurate verdicts and overlooking criminals.